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0:35 First thoughts when receiving the news?
1:12 How does it feel to win the Abel Prize?
1:51 Looking back on the 7 years you worked on Fermat's Last Theorem, how do you see that period now?
2:48 Did you ever loose faith?
3:13 Did you ever reflect on the implications of your work on mathematics?
4:10 A bit of luck?
4:34 Your thoughts on the direction that number theory has gone on in light of your work?
5:03 How do you see the future of number theory?
6:06 How will you spend the Prize money?

Interviewer Alex Bellos, British writer, broadcaster and mathematics communicator.

This clip is from the 2016 Abel Prize announcement.