Ken Ono is a math prodigy whose skills have helped produce a Hollywood movie and made Olympic swimmers faster. The number theorist tells Steve why he sees mathematics as art — and about his unusual path to success, which came without a high school diploma. SOURCE: Ken Ono , professor of mathematics and STEM adviser to the provost at the University of Virginia. RESOURCES: " ‘Digital Twins’ Give Olympic Swimmers a Boost ," by Katherine Douglass, Augustus Lamb, Jerry Lu, Ken Ono, and William Tenpas ( Scientific American, 2024). " Swimming in Data ," by Katherine Douglass, Augustus Lamb, Jerry Lu, Ken Ono, and William Tenpas ( The Mathematical Intelligencer, 2024). " Integer Partitions Detect the Primes ," by William Craig, Jan-Willem van Ittersum, and Ken Ono ( PNAS, 2024). The Man Who Knew Infinity , film by Matt Brown (2015). " Proof of the Umbral Moonshine Conjecture ," by John F. R. Duncan, Michael J. Griffin, and Ken Ono ( Research in the Mathematical Sciences, 2015). " Ramanujan's Ternary Quadratic Form ," by Ken Ono and K. Soundararajan ( Inventiones Mathematicae, 1997). EXTRA: " Richard Dawkins on God, Genes, and Murderous Baby Cuckoos ," by People I (Mostly) Admire (2024). Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
