Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Fields Medallist Hugo Duminil-Copin would like a replica of his prize for outreach purposes. We interview him about the famous medal and his mathematical work. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓

Podcast version of the interview: youtu.be/jWiKKq_Q5n8

Hugo is based at the University of Geneva and IHES - https://www.ihes.fr/~duminil/

More Numberphile interviews and videos with Fields Medallists - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt5AfwLFPxWIDErJihuPX2S7E-0rnkaeu

With thanks to Nils Berglund for visualisations of percolation - youtube.com/c/NilsBerglund

Fields Medal 2022 - mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal/fields-medals-2022

Brady's Zeeman Medal lecture is which he gets his hand on a Fields Medal - youtu.be/tsZkzxEhpHk

Cedric Villani on his Fields Medal - youtu.be/Vp3sgYKULp0
James Maynard on his Fields Medal - youtu.be/eupAXdWPvX8

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