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Terence Tao

born 1975

Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician born on July 17, 1975, known for his contributions to various fields of mathematics, including harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and additive combinatorics. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 2006, one of the highest honors in mathematics, for his work on the Kakeya conjecture and other related problems. Tao is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he continues to conduct research and mentor students.

  1. Mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms: it is about understanding.

    Terence Tao
    #mathematics#understanding#knowledge

  2. You want to get to the top of the cliff. But that's not what you focus on immediately. You focus on the next ledge just beyond your reach, because you need to do one clever thing to get up there. And then, once you get there, you do it again. A lot of this is rather boring and not very glamorous. But you can't jump cliffs in a single bound.

    Terence Tao
    #cliff#perseverance#growth