Math-Life Balance
Math-Life Balance
Mura Yakerson
Interview with Adebisi Agboola
1 hour 1 minutes Posted Feb 26, 2021 at 8:22 pm.
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​ hating math
​ teaching math to small kids
​ explaining your research to non-mathematicians
​ following math talks
​ the comfort of not understanding
​ confronted with a problem you have no clue about
​ lists of black mathematicians
​ diversity measures in mathematics
​ whether you have drive for math
​ the only rule of doing math
​ escaping math in a cinema
​ weird reason for doing a job
​ unexpected outcome of giving up
​ working around a Millenium problem
​ writing a research statement
​ biggest misconception about math research
​ people think mathematicians are crazy
​ why mathematicians lack social skills
​ find your own way
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Adebisi Agboola is a professor in UCSB, working in number theory and arithmetic geometry. In this interview you get to hear non-standard opinions  on many questions, such as encouragement to do math among minorities, working on a Millenium problem and the rules of doing mathematics. 
Bisi's homepage: https://web.math.ucsb.edu/~agboola/​