My father sent me the original article in the FAS, and I rechecked what I wrote about it before. The original citation concerning Perelman is
”[…] ich bin weit von Perelmans Niveau entfernt, und nehme an, ohne mich zu zieren.”
(“I am far…Read more
Today I’ve seen the most frightening norm of my life, and it was not in a mathematical textbook… Villani is just telling about his time at the Institute of Advanced Studies.…Read more
I rememberd another detail from the FAZ article about the book. When asked whether he thought about rejecting the Fields medal as Perelman did in 2008, Villani replied: “I am not genius enough” (or at least something similar). What did he mean by that?
Andreas pointed out to me that the article in the Zeit is publicly available (in German only):
http://www. zeit.de/2013/18/cedric-villani-das-lebendige-theorem/
I forgot to mention the book title! In German, it’s “Das lebendige Theorem”. In French, it is “Théorème vivant”, according to Wikipedia. I am not sure if there is an English translation yet. In any case, I will read the German translation.…Read more
