Can you 'optimize' to win?

The ups and downs of winning the coveted Fields Medal, with 2022 winner Hugo Duminil-Copin.

See our main video from this interview - https://youtu.be/JWtD0O-zSWY

Hugo is based at the University of Geneva and IHES - https://www.ihes.fr/~duminil/

More Numberphile interviews and videos with Fields Medallists - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu

With thanks to Nils Berglund for visualisations of percolation - https://www.youtube.com/c/NilsBerglund

Fields Medal 2022 - https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022

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