What Alex Kontorovich has said about Fields Medal
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 26, 2026
Alex Kontorovich, Number theorist at Rutgers University working on the Riemann hypothesis and the Lean proof assistant, has been quoted on Fields Medal once in 1 episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, most recently on October 26, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Kontorovich says mathematicians already questioned this summer whether the Fields Medal might no longer be awarded, which he hopes is not the case.
“Already this summer, we were thinking, is this the last time that a Fields Medal is awarded? I sure hope not”
Lex Fridman Podcast: #503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity Theory (Oct 26, 2026) · Listen from 3:18:13
Episodes
#503 – AI Crisis in Math: Navier-Stokes, Riemann Hypothesis & Complexity TheoryLex Fridman Podcast · Oct 26, 2026 · 3 h 43 min
Lex Fridman and mathematicians Alex Kontorovich, Ankur Moitra and Steven Brunton discuss AI's claimed proofs of quasi-Riemann, Navier-Stokes, unique games and what it means for mathematics.
Alex Kontorovich on other topics
- Mathematics education · 2 quotes
- Riemann hypothesis · 2 quotes
- Artificial intelligence · 2 quotes
- Fermat's Last Theorem · 1 quote
- Lean (proof assistant) · 1 quote