Meet Japan's Mr. Rogers of math

Meet Peter Frankl, a Hungarian mathematician living in Japan. Peter sits down to talk to us about his life and journey to Japan, his NHK series for children, and why he thinks the Japanese have a mathematician's mindset.

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0:00 Intro

0:44 Meet Peter

5:14 Arriving in Japan in 1982

10:08 Researching in Japan

15:04 Peter's fascination with math

19:51 Japanese people are kind of like mathematicians

29:28 Peter's autobiography

39:37 Peter's NHK show Mathematica

52:07 Being an independent mathematician

57:25 Current work

1:03:09 Working with Japanese mathematicians

1:10:21 Peter's juggling career

1:27:35 Looking back

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