Terry Tao is the Erdos of this era - he was competing in the International Mathematics Olympiad when his peers were in middle school [1] and is now sort of the

Terry Tao is the Erdos of this era - he was competing in the International Mathematics Olympiad when his peers were in middle school [1] and is now sort of the person to go to when your work has stalled [2]. It's ridiculous. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Tao#Childhood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Tao#Childhood [2] "If you're stuck on a problem, then one way out is to interest Terence Tao" - Charles Fefferman