2018 Fields Medal Winners: Alessio Figalli

2018 Fields Medal Winner: Alessio Figalli
A long-distance love story is part of his life’s equation.

Math can weigh heavy on a heart as well as a mind. So it is for Alessio Figalli, a 2018 Fields Medal winner who works diligently in Zurich while his wife teaches in the United Kingdom.

In revealing Figalli as a recipient of a 2018 Fields Medal, the highest honor in mathematics, we not only explain his complex academic work but connect him to viewers through love and longing so familiar anyone who’s experienced a long-distance relationship.

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

Filmed by Lance Murphey with assistance from Katja Heinemann. 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