Introduction

This is the joy of x inste strogat. In this episode, alex contarovitch, alex conterovitch, delivered a lecture at our weekly colloquium in the math department at cornell. The ultimate style is to start with a blank blackboard, pick up a piece of chalk and start on the far left and start writing. Alex keeps turning around as he writes. And he really talks to us, and he makes sure that we're paying attention and getting it. You get the feeling that he's enjoying himself in this performance,. Almost like when you used to see leonard bernstein or some other great conductor smiling as theyre waving their