Prof. Tao once walked to my linear algebra class on the first day of school thinking that he is supposed to teach that class. He actually had prepared a syllabus not knowing that it was not his class. The look on his face was priceless when the actual professor walked in. Later I took a PDE class with him. He is brilliant teacher. He loves math and teaching math and he doesn't do it for the money
Fun fact about Terence Tao: when getting his PhD, he almost failed his “general” exam, which is the most important test of your PhD. If you fail the generals you get kicked out. He was in his early 20’s at the time and expected the test to be way easier than it was so he studied pretty lightly and spent a lot of time, I kid you not, staying up late playing video games.
Years ago when I was a graduate student visiting UCLA. I sat in one of his PDE seminar. I am deeply shocked by the intuition he demonstrated in that one-hour talk. That is the difference between fields medalist and ordinary smart people.
Tao is a very good communicator. Modest, fluent, responsive, considered, honest, and humorous. Very good person, a great scholar and a gentleman to the core.
Those of you saying "I can't pass this class", it's not a class. Lecture courses don't consist of running through the history of advances in a subject with only the bare-bones theory. Professors, researchers, and sometimes undergrads, will do open lectures where they'll give the gist of a topic to other mathematicians who may not have knowledge in that area. They won't necessarily go deep into theory, as is the case here. In the first 20 mins he's glossing over a ton of complex heavy machinery used to improve the bounds.
I did some Maths subjects with him at university - I was 19 he was 12. He had a 150% workload and he blitzed them all.
His brain seems to be processing faster than his mouth can speak.
Prof. Tao once walked to my linear algebra class on the first day of school thinking that he is supposed to teach that class. He actually had prepared a syllabus not knowing that it was not his class. The look on his face was priceless when the actual professor walked in. Later I took a PDE class with him. He is brilliant teacher. He loves math and teaching math and he doesn't do it for the money
Yeah, but can he make a calculator say 'boobies'?
none the wiser
I love how mathematicians are honorable and always mention the names of those who found the formulas and such.
This guy is teaching his teachers lol
...but can his brain run Crysis?
It's interesting hearing someone speak a different language using the same words that I use.
You lost me at..."hello"...
Fun fact about Terence Tao: when getting his PhD, he almost failed his “general” exam, which is the most important test of your PhD. If you fail the generals you get kicked out. He was in his early 20’s at the time and expected the test to be way easier than it was so he studied pretty lightly and spent a lot of time, I kid you not, staying up late playing video games.
Einstein: "Nothing in the universe can be faster than light."
Years ago when I was a graduate student visiting UCLA. I sat in one of his PDE seminar. I am deeply shocked by the intuition he demonstrated in that one-hour talk. That is the difference between fields medalist and ordinary smart people.
I finished this video without understanding a single sentence. In fact, i dont even remember anything he have just said.
His mouth isnt fast enough for all his thoughts...
Tao is a very good communicator. Modest, fluent, responsive, considered, honest, and humorous. Very good person, a great scholar and a gentleman to the core.
I laughed along with them at
He actually explains it in a way that pretty much anyone can follow, shows how brilliant he really is.
Worst nightmare: here is a quiz to test your understanding of what I just told you.
Those of you saying "I can't pass this class", it's not a class. Lecture courses don't consist of running through the history of advances in a subject with only the bare-bones theory. Professors, researchers, and sometimes undergrads, will do open lectures where they'll give the gist of a topic to other mathematicians who may not have knowledge in that area. They won't necessarily go deep into theory, as is the case here. In the first 20 mins he's glossing over a ton of complex heavy machinery used to improve the bounds.