2018 Fields Medal Winners: Akshay Venkatesh

2018 Fields Medal Winner: Akshay Venkatesh
In Germany, creating a new bridge between arithmetic and geometry.

In revealing Akshay Venkatesh as a recipient of a 2018 Fields Medal, we trace his remarkable journey from Australia to Princeton University at a stunningly young age — and receive an accessible crash course in the intricacies of number theory.

One in a series. See more of the project here.

Filmed by Lance Murphey. Written and produced by John Hubbell. Edited by Jennifer Smart. Co-produced by Lance Murphey, Philip Yam and Meredith Hogan. Score by Jonathan Kirkscey.

Clients: International Mathematics Union, Simons Foundation