Yakov Sinai - The Abel Prize interview 2014

00:15 beginnings, family influences
00:55 no Olympiad success
02:00 mathematical talent
02:30 schooling (WWII, USSR)
04:20 teachers
05:35 Moscow State University (Mekh mat)
07:40 mathematics vs. mechanics
08:52 Dynkin
10:13 Kolmogorov
10:35 Gel'fand
12:31 Rokhlin, Abramov
17:25 Dynamical systems
18:03 Ergodic systems
19:25 Chaos vs. Probability
22:52 Entropy
24:47 Billiards
26:45 Ornstein's Isomorphism Thm
28:10 Billiards in higher dimensions
28:52 Markov partitions, Sinai-Bowen-Ruelle
31:28 Wigner's Unreasonable Effectiveness
33:50 Math. + Phys. = Cats & Dogs
36:06 Gel'fand
36:52 anti-Semitism in USSR
43:49 Arnol'd
46:40 good results can't be stolen
48:35 the move to Princeton
50:12 comparing education regimes
50:50 what's not liked about USA system
52:30 teaching; prefers teaching undergrads
54:10 working in later years
55:05 Kolmogorov
59:15 style of problem-solving
1:00:02 Poincare-style insights
1:00:55 other interests
Interview in written. Notices of the American Mathematical Society:
www.ams.org/notices/201502/rn...
The Abel Prize Interview 2014 with Yakov G. Sinai
Interviewers: Mathematicians Martin Raussen og Christian Skau.
Produced by UniMedia.

[@BlueSoulTiger]

00:15 beginnings, family influences 00:55 no Olympiad success 02:00 mathematical talent 02:30 schooling (WWII, USSR) 04:20 teachers 05:35 Moscow State University (Mekh mat) 07:40 mathematics vs. mechanics 08:52 Dynkin 10:13 Kolmogorov 10:35 Gel'fand 12:31 Rokhlin, Abramov 17:25 Dynamical systems 18:03 Ergodic systems 19:25 Chaos vs. Probability 22:52 Entropy 24:47 Billiards 26:45 Ornstein's Isomorphism Thm 28:10 Billiards in higher dimensions 28:52 Markov partitions, Sinai-Bowen-Ruelle 31:28 Wigner's Unreasonable Effectiveness 33:50 Math. + Phys. = Cats & Dogs 36:06 Gel'fand 36:52 anti-Semitism in USSR 43:49 Arnol'd 46:40 good results can't be stolen 48:35 the move to Princeton 50:12 comparing education regimes 50:50 what's not liked about USA system 52:30 teaching; prefers teaching undergrads 54:10 working in later years 55:05 Kolmogorov 59:15 style of problem-solving 1:00:02 Poincare-style insights 1:00:55 other interests

[@DrRakeshKumarTripathi]

Loved to listen and learn. The Mathematicians who ask d questions need to learn a lot that they should ask more queations to the awardee in which s/he pronounces less clearly. Regards

[@kamilziemian995]

Thank you for that list.