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Terence Tao
Terence Tao
Australian Mathematician
Born: Jul 17, 1975
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Talent is important, but how one develops and nurtures it is even more so. Terence Tao
Important More Develops Talent How Even
When you're concentrating hard, hours can fly by, and it's just you and a math problem. Terence Tao
You Problem Fly Concentrating Hours Math Just Hard
I enjoy a good meal, a good vacation, or a good movie, much as anyone else would. Terence Tao
Good Meal Enjoy Else Good Meal Good Movie Would Movie Anyone Anyone Else Much Vacation
Math education has changed over the years. In the 19th century, they taught spherical trigonometry because one of the biggest applications of mathematics was navigating the ocean. This is no longer so relevant. Terence Tao
Education Mathematics Ocean Changed Relevant Longer Over Because Math Years Taught Biggest Century Applications
I have been lucky to find very good collaborators who have taught me a lot, have introduced me to several new fields of mathematics, or have shown me new insights. Terence Tao
Mathematics Good Me Several Collaborators Introduced Find Insights New Been Lot Very Taught Fields Who Lucky Shown
The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the most emphasized, and for good reason - these are very important. Terence Tao
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Can you make fancy patterns of water that actually have some computation power? I'm betting that fluids are complex enough to do this. Terence Tao
You Water Power Enough Complex Some Computation Betting Make Fancy Patterns Actually
Math research is more like a marathon. Terence Tao
Research More Like Math Marathon
A lot of the math that I do, it's not sort of premeditated. I talk online or with a colleague, and I get interested, and I just follow where it leads. Terence Tao
Colleague Follow Online Leads Talk Sort Math Lot Get Just Where Interested
Most of what I do does not save lives. Terence Tao
Most Does Lives Save
I was never very good at school with... humanities... anything which was more a matter of opinion. Terence Tao
Good School Matter Humanities More Never Opinion Very Anything Which
It was traditional to not actually cash the prizes that Erdos did award while he was alive. People usually framed the cheque instead. Terence Tao
People Framed Alive Cash He Instead Cheque Traditional Prizes Did While Award Actually
I often don't know what I'll be working on next year or a year from now. There is often a chance meeting, or something that I worked on 10 years ago suddenly becomes important again. Terence Tao
Important Year Meeting Something Know Becomes Years Years Ago Often Again Worked Next Working Next Year Suddenly Now Chance
I think one nice thing about mathematics is that we don't really have one prize that dominates all the others, like the Nobel prizes. Terence Tao
Mathematics Nice Think Others About Nobel Like Prize Prizes Really Nice Thing Thing
The accuracy of Wikipedia can be dodgy in some places, but in maths, it's really quite good. Terence Tao
Good Wikipedia Some Maths Accuracy Quite Places Really
I still remember the realization in college at Flinders University in Australia that mathematics was not just an abstract game of symbols but could be used as a tool to analyze and understand the modern world. Terence Tao
Mathematics Game World Remember College Tool Analyze Could Abstract Understand Still Australia Modern Just Modern World Realization Used Symbols University
I tend to change research direction every few years or so. Terence Tao
Change Few Research Every Direction Tend Years
Research sometimes feels like an ongoing TV series in which some amazing revelations have already been made, but there are still plenty of cliff-hangers and unresolved plotlines that you want to see resolved. But unlike TV, we have to do the work ourselves to figure out what happens next. Terence Tao
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If there is something that I should know how to do but don't, it bugs me. I feel like I have to sit down and work out exactly what the problem is. Terence Tao
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I recall being fascinated by numbers even at age three and viewed their manipulation as a kind of game. Terence Tao
Game Age Three Kind Being Manipulation Viewed Fascinated Even Recall Numbers
Most students who take math classes aren't going to be mathematicians. They're going to be engineers, statisticians - in many ways, that's the more important mission of math education. Terence Tao
Education Important Ways Classes More Take Students Mission Most Math Mathematicians Going Engineers Who Many
I don't have any magical ability. I look at a problem, play with it, work out a strategy. Terence Tao
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