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The Ramsey Theory Podcast: No Strangers At This Party With Bryna Kra

The Ramsey Theory Podcast: No Strangers At This Party With Bryna Kra

FromThe Ramsey Theory Podcast: No Strangers At This Party


The Ramsey Theory Podcast: No Strangers At This Party With Bryna Kra

FromThe Ramsey Theory Podcast: No Strangers At This Party

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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
Jan 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Dr. Bryna Kra is Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Kra received, among other many distinctions, the Levi L. Conant Prize for her expository article "The Green–Tao theorem on arithmetic progressions in the primes: an ergodic point of view."
In a conversation with students from Simon Fraser University, Wassim Khelifi, Connor Marriam, and Manan Sood, Dr. Kra talks about how it was to grow up in a mathematical household, shares her memories about her first eureka moment, and talks about her research interests and contributions.
Released:
Jan 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (14)

The "Ramsey Theory Podcast: No Strangers At This Party" is created by a group of students from Simon Fraser University under the supervision of Veselin Jungic. This podcast celebrates Ramsey theory and the people working in this dynamic field of modern mathematics. Through their conversations with undergraduate students, some of today's most notable Ramsey theorists talk about their first experiences with mathematics, their times as undergraduate and graduate students, their views about Ramsey theory and mathematics in general, and about their research interests.