Peter Scholze, p-adic geometry

[@mochimochi8048]

this is God's level of maths

[@tomekkuzma]

this is too much for an engineer to handle

[@1247111]

lmao

[@ndmath]

Around 2:30, he talks about the influence Fermat's last theorem had on his mathematical career.

[@johnmcmillen4540]

I am always overwhelmed by the experience of how deep lack of understanding can reach. I consider this experience to be extremely peace-giving, since the spirit may remain in the utmost luxury of purest waste of time without effort and temptation to understand something even rudimentarily full of pleasure in the contemplation of complete cluelessness.