Interview with Akshay Venkatesh

[摘要] As to your original question, let me put it this way: I likethe social aspect of mathematics, working and interactingwith other people. On the other hand, I would hate to bein the position of being one of two people working on thesame problem and see who gets there first. I want to bein a more relaxed situation. As to your second question,I guess it was at university when I first encountered therichness of mathematics.