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It's correct that he is a professor at UCLA, but it's also worth mentioning that he's regularly called nicknames like 'greatest mathematician alive' (just try g
by c7b 3y ago
It's correct that he is a professor at UCLA, but it's also worth mentioning that he's regularly called nicknames like 'greatest mathematician alive' (just try googling that phrase): https://academicinfluence.com/rankings/people/most-influential-mathematicians-today https://academicinfluence.com/rankings/people/most-influenti...
- yodsanklai 3y agoWhat would make him greater than other fields laureate?
- jyunwai 3y agoBeyond the incredible quality and quantity of his work starting from early in his life, what makes Terence Tao memorable to me, is his approachability and willingness to write advice for mathematicians and math students in a blog: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/ https://terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/ He also has an active Mastodon, which further makes him more approachable: https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao It's rare to see a professional at the top of an academic field remain so encouraging to other people in the field, and work to make their work accessible to colleagues across different levels of mathematical maturity.
- ndsipa_pomu 3y agoOther mathematicians opinions of him and his work. He's very prolific and was considered a child prodigy.
- meowface 3y agoFamous photo of him studying with Paul Erdős at age 10: https://i0.wp.com/blogs.ams.org/blogonmathblogs/files/2015/09/Paul_Erdos_with_Terence_Tao.jpg https://i0.wp.com/blogs.ams.org/blogonmathblogs/files/2015/0...