About this episode
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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