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You mispelled Kato. Tao is an analyst not a number theorist. As for the Italian school tge foundational issues were common to all algebraic geometers. Ultimatel
by wbl 10y ago
You mispelled Kato. Tao is an analyst not a number theorist. As for the Italian school tge foundational issues were common to all algebraic geometers. Ultimately concepts like generic point pointed the way towards scheme theory, even if not rigorously defined.
- doall 10y agoTao definitely knows about prime numbers. Whether mathematical approach he takes, he is relevant to the field. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green–Tao_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green–Tao_theorem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Tao https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Tao