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Akshay Venkatesh: The podcast, part I

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Submitted by Marianne on 7 August, 2018

Akshay Venkatesh.

Akshay Venkatesh has received a Fields medal at this year's International Congress of Mathematicians in Rio de Janeiro. In this podcast we ask him what it feels like to win a Fields medal, and what he enjoys most about doing mathematics.

This content was produced in a collaboration with the London Mathematical Society.

This content was produced in a collaboration with the London Mathematical Society.

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