Math Prodigy Terence Tao, UCLA

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  • čas přidán 10. 09. 2008
  • Terence Tao was a seven year-old high school student when he began taking calculus classes. By age 20 he had received a Ph.D. from Princeton and joined the UCLA faculty. In 2006 he won the Fields Medal in Mathematics and a MacArthur "genius" grant. Watch Tao talk about how he approaches problem-solving.

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  • @brother97081
    @brother97081 Před 8 lety +705

    His brain works so fast his speech is lagging.Amazing.

  • @andrewm7845
    @andrewm7845 Před 8 lety +307

    Doing math is VERY collaborative, one person didn't just wake up one day and say this is math and we all just got it, it took centuries of building off wrong ideas to get the modern theories. So don't get discouraged when you struggle, instead remember what you are doing was created by groups of people just like you.

    • @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930
      @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930 Před 6 lety

      Andrew M Must watch Channel Nikhil Nirmal Geometry Theorum of 18°72°90°

    • @determinant3985
      @determinant3985 Před 3 lety +1

      Euler and Gauss disagree.

    • @charliekirkland6040
      @charliekirkland6040 Před rokem

      There are examples where individual mathematicians make a ton of developments almost in complete isolation e.g guass, Euler, Perelman, Andrew whiles (who spent 7 years in Solitude solving Fermat's last theorem)

    • @charliekirkland6040
      @charliekirkland6040 Před rokem

      It's one of those fields where both collaborative and individual efforts make a difference

  • @Sean0mac93
    @Sean0mac93 Před 7 lety +457

    He got a 760 on the Math SATs at age 8.... half the seniors at my old high school couldn't even get 650

    • @kingmisogyny1852
      @kingmisogyny1852 Před 7 lety +83

      he has an IQ of 230 that's why.

    • @OakQueso
      @OakQueso Před 4 lety +36

      yea that got me hyped. it means my math skills are probably better than anyone under the age of 9 in the world not to flex

    • @smoothbrained4channer976
      @smoothbrained4channer976 Před 4 lety +15

      is 760 good? whats the highest? i dont go live in america btw

    • @OakQueso
      @OakQueso Před 4 lety +26

      @@smoothbrained4channer976 I got 760 and it told me I was in the top 1% of SAT test takers. I was then able to get a 790 but this was when I was 17 or 18 haha. The math section of the test is out of 800 and the average is probably around 530

    • @josephlynch7655
      @josephlynch7655 Před 4 lety +7

      650 is >80% percentile. That's pretty good.

  • @harriettemacy7399
    @harriettemacy7399 Před 8 lety +241

    he has humility, I love his smile

  • @theaviator1152
    @theaviator1152 Před 3 lety +106

    My dad’s worked with this guy before, now I realize how much I’ve been underrating my dad. Always assumed he was just some average math professor.

    • @murk959
      @murk959 Před 3 lety +30

      You kidding me? I'd kill to have a well educated dad, especially someone who could help me with school work and especially math

    • @ducminh7568
      @ducminh7568 Před 3 lety +37

      no math professor is average if you see how many people hate and struggle with math

    • @Sasukej2004
      @Sasukej2004 Před 3 lety +30

      dude being a math professor is already a fucking huge achievement. If you know how many years they have to study, how competitive the academia field is, how much they have to know, how much they have to work to get there. Do note that the other competitors in your field aren't just your average joe in math, they are also super intelligent

    • @matthewtrebs9738
      @matthewtrebs9738 Před 2 lety +6

      @@murk959 eh, im a cs major with a dad who is a software engineer, mom who double majored in math and pretty much neither of them were ever able to help me with my work. Granted the apple doesnt fall far from the tree so i was always strong at math and cs anyway, but my mom didnt even remember derivatives having not used them since college and my dad has a pretty narrow scope

  • @Skizze37
    @Skizze37 Před 8 lety +224

    I'm so glad that there are people of this caliber of intelligence on our little planet.

  • @shtml54
    @shtml54 Před 10 lety +479

    ***Terry Tao jokes*** Just like Chuck Norris jokes
    Terry Tao can divide by zero.
    Terry Tao can pound any series into terrified convergence.
    Terry Tao doesn't do mathematics, Terry Tao is mathematics.
    Terry Tao decides whether or not P is the same as NP.
    Terry Tao knows a consistent set of axioms capable of proving all truths about the relations of the natural numbers.
    AND the BEST ONE:
    Terry Tao can recite all the digits of pi... backwards.

    • @vincent10kd
      @vincent10kd Před 9 lety +6

      And here you are, unable to even spell his last name correctly.

    • @vincent10kd
      @vincent10kd Před 9 lety

      shtml54 Tao is an English name, now?

    • @shtml54
      @shtml54 Před 9 lety

      vincent10kd You got me. Check mate. Thanks for not swearing me. I'll get that changed.

    • @vincent10kd
      @vincent10kd Před 9 lety

      shtml54 Cheers, feel free to remove my comments, your jokes were great otherwise and my initial comment wasn't made out of malevolence.

    • @johnhilbert7640
      @johnhilbert7640 Před 9 lety +9

      Terence Tao can disprove Godel's incompleteness theorem.
      Terence Tao can solve a quintic using radicals.

  • @SixHundredAndSixtySix
    @SixHundredAndSixtySix Před 9 lety +113

    xD
    Just got rejected from UCLA.

    • @hakkarhicham9671
      @hakkarhicham9671 Před 9 lety +2

      +Barney The Niggasaur he deserves beteeeeeeeer

    • @saintcelab3451
      @saintcelab3451 Před 8 lety +1

      +Hichem Adam Wait..You changed his name lel... But stop being racist. (not really)

  • @DavidVonR
    @DavidVonR Před 9 lety +334

    Terry Tao knows what your credit card and social security numbers are.
    Calculators use Terry Tao to make calculations, he doesn't use them.
    Terry Tao can solve a Rubik's cube faster than you can pick your ass.
    Terry Tao once took an IQ test: Mathematicians don't have a notation to quantify how high his score was.
    Terry Tao knows your exact age and weight and knows you lied about them both.
    Terry Tao isn't troubled by math problems. Math problems are troubled by him.

    • @KnifeYoMom
      @KnifeYoMom Před 9 lety +33

      David Suspended i don't know about that.. i can pick my ass pretty fast.

    • @MarufSajjad
      @MarufSajjad Před 8 lety +32

      +David Suspended Terry Tao knows the last digit of pi

    • @DavidVonR
      @DavidVonR Před 8 lety +19

      Terry Tao can calculate how much porn you have on your computer and the mean and standard deviations of how long you beat off to it.

    • @MarshallMathersthe7th
      @MarshallMathersthe7th Před 8 lety +1

      +David Suspended I just burst out laughing reading that last 2 lines.

    • @MegaGarchomp
      @MegaGarchomp Před 8 lety

      +Darth Immortal stfu fucker

  • @21mozzie
    @21mozzie Před 11 lety +90

    Terry Tao's dad father was my pediatrician when I was a kid!

  • @theGhoulman
    @theGhoulman Před 9 lety +15

    Amazing career, and life! Keep on truckin' professor Tao!

  • @GETURHANDSUP916
    @GETURHANDSUP916 Před 11 lety +6

    I use to struggle in math until I really started trying. What has been working for me so far is: knowing how to solve every type of problem in the math course and most importantly learning all the terminology. If you don't know the terminology you will just be thinking in your head "add this thing, minus this thing" . When you know the terminology that means you really know what your doing.

  • @jchan12345
    @jchan12345 Před 14 lety +7

    Terry's ground breaking contribution to the new engineering field of compressed sensing is just amazing. He is not just a pure mathematician in number theory. A genius in different fields.

  • @1rd69
    @1rd69 Před 13 lety +7

    He seems to be very humble for the man of his genius.

  • @charliewitts3825
    @charliewitts3825 Před 10 lety +34

    The video runs faster than the original recording in order to emphasize the speed of thought of the prodigy.

  • @chengda85
    @chengda85 Před 9 lety +156

    Terry Tao's intelligence is so high that it forms a singularity

  • @pompommonster
    @pompommonster Před 12 lety +35

    It's so awesome to see someone enjoy something so much. He's good at math because he obviously really really loves math.

    • @arsh0189
      @arsh0189 Před 2 lety

      no its cuz his iq is high

  • @feraudyh
    @feraudyh Před 9 lety +208

    Contrary to savants, this guy is a real mathematician.

    • @shenitap.8292
      @shenitap.8292 Před 8 lety +1

      Vous pouvez expliquer?

    • @feraudyh
      @feraudyh Před 8 lety +12

      +Shenita Pramij En anglais, "savant" n'a pas le même sens qu'en français. Le terme anglais indique quelqu'un qui a une capacité hors du commun mais extremement spécialisée, comme par exemple savoir calculer de grands nombres dans sa tête. Or beaucoup de gens pensent naïvement qu'être mathématicien c'est savoir calculer. Pour eux quelqu'un comme Daniel Tannet est un grand mathématicien. Mais pour moi ce dernier ne l'est pas. Un mathématicien est quelqu'un qui fait avancer les mathématiques: il introduit de nouvelles techniques ou de nouveaux théorèmes.

    • @shenitap.8292
      @shenitap.8292 Před 8 lety +2

      Ah oui, je vois l'ambiguïté du terme. De fait, je ne connaissais pas la définition anglophone du mot. J'ai naïvement pensé que ce serait la même chose qu'en Français ha. Je suis d'accord sur le fait que savoir calculer ne fait pas de quiconque un mathématicien. C'est bien pour cela que Daniel Tammet est écrivain (si c'est bien de lui que vous parlez), et non mathématicien, bien que l'on ne puisse pas nier son intelligence. En revanche Terence Tao pourrait être classé parmi les savants. Comme vous l'avez dit, il a fait avancer les mathématiques et a encore beaucoup à faire, surtout après avoir eu son doctorat à 20 ans ha. En tout cas merci pour votre explication.

    • @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930
      @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930 Před 6 lety

      Henri de Feraudy Must watch Channel Nikhil Nirmal Geometry Theorum of 18°72°90°

    • @thesavantart8480
      @thesavantart8480 Před 5 lety

      But Terence tao does not possess any savant like skill. No point in comparing them.

  • @MusicDoLove
    @MusicDoLove Před 15 lety +2

    He's an amazing genius. More power to him to change the world.

  • @newtechi
    @newtechi Před 10 lety +328

    he looks like a nerdy bruce lee

  • @AnjuABCDE
    @AnjuABCDE Před 13 lety +4

    its people like him that propels mankind forward.

  • @anoncker
    @anoncker Před 9 lety +5

    And I'm here struggling with highschool calculus, damn it life you ain't fair.

  • @lubime10
    @lubime10 Před 14 lety +1

    Terence Tao , God bless you for ever !!!
    You are my hero.

  • @nellykarimyansok1062
    @nellykarimyansok1062 Před 10 lety

    Я восторгаюсь такой талантливой личностью Тао который живет с любовью к своей профессии имеет больших заслуг с раннего возраста . Мозг работает в пользу человечества !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Браво!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @MaxwellSDSU
    @MaxwellSDSU Před 13 lety +13

    I always liked the quote: "Brilliance is 99% perspiration, 1% inspiration".
    Professor Tao seems to be the rare person who is simply born with an innate ability to perform mathematics; i.e. he wasn't a "child prodigy" who became proficient in a subject simply by being pushed hard (though I'm sure he was strongly encouraged to pursue his natural abilities).
    It's people like him that make me excited to study neuroscience. How are people simply born with such ability?

  • @dianedong1062
    @dianedong1062 Před 4 lety +6

    For me, mathematics is like discovering a secret cave full of beautiful treasures. I want to tell everyone I know about all the interesting things I've found, but nobody believes me unless they've taken the time to discover it for themselves.

  • @YouXKneekXIT
    @YouXKneekXIT Před 15 lety +1

    Thank you so for uploading!

  • @SaiKiran-or1hh
    @SaiKiran-or1hh Před 9 lety +150

    Fun fact: he is 40 years old.

  • @RyanSan89
    @RyanSan89 Před 12 lety +12

    A Ph.D at age 21?! WOW. I actually have a picture of Tao in my room, he's one of my favorite Mathematicians besides John Nash

  • @lorenzootc
    @lorenzootc Před 8 lety +60

    He got a 760 on SATs at the age of 8. I still struggle with fractions, I'm 20.

    • @sleepyjo9340
      @sleepyjo9340 Před 8 lety +5

      you think that's bad, I struggle with volume and area of shapes.

    • @abhisheklama1393
      @abhisheklama1393 Před 7 lety +1

      Ahem ! Child prodigy !!

    • @zl7460
      @zl7460 Před 7 lety +7

      idk why this is considered an accomplishment. tbh if I get only 760 on SAT math at 8 i'd kill myself

    • @sundewy
      @sundewy Před 6 lety +2

      李子翀 u probably got 2 at 8

    • @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930
      @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930 Před 6 lety

      Tony Castillo must see channel Nikhil Nirmal Geometry Theorum of 18°72°90°

  • @es696
    @es696 Před 12 lety

    this video puts a smile on my face

  • @terrypussypower
    @terrypussypower Před 9 lety

    In my world, the words "Math Prodigy" and "Terence" are light years apart!

  • @tristanc5937
    @tristanc5937 Před 7 lety +92

    whats his max bench?

    • @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930
      @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930 Před 6 lety +1

      Tristan Cramer Must watch Channel Nikhil Nirmal Geometry Theorum of 18°72°90°

    • @iKSWag23
      @iKSWag23 Před 5 lety +6

      Chin-Lok LI wow.. you wanted to be funny but failed miserably

    • @samuelr2969
      @samuelr2969 Před 5 lety +9

      His mental bench is higher than yours, how does it feel?

    • @DaiLoDong
      @DaiLoDong Před 4 lety +4

      @@samuelr2969 not even higher, it would likely double him up even if he was smart. more than likely terry is tripling or quadrupling this brainlet up.

    • @josephlynch7655
      @josephlynch7655 Před 4 lety

      @@DaiLoDong The difference is that Terry didn't earn his intelligence. He was born with it. He became a genius through blind luck. Everyone who works out has to earn it. No one is born with a muscular body.

  • @dipeshbhandari1562
    @dipeshbhandari1562 Před 8 lety +63

    And I'm here using fingers to add 2 and 2.

    • @Canon5DMii
      @Canon5DMii Před 8 lety +12

      +Dipesh Bhandari I use the calculator to add 2 and 2 lol

    • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
      @sherlockholmeslives.1605 Před 8 lety +3

      +Canon5DMii I ask someone else to use the calculator for me to add 2 and 2!

    • @secondfirstsecond
      @secondfirstsecond Před 8 lety +13

      I searched on google to find the answer.

    • @baneblackguard584
      @baneblackguard584 Před 8 lety

      yeah calculator is better, fingers get confusing. I forget which finger I was on last and have to start over.

    • @funsterkeyven
      @funsterkeyven Před 7 lety +3

      Wait, what's 2?

  • @babaBlackSheep20
    @babaBlackSheep20 Před 15 lety

    I agree with malwint. This man is a prodigy who has given a lot to society. For example, just recently, he made important contributions to (essentially re-discovered) a field called compressed sensing which will one day allow you to have everything from faster MRI scans to more reliable and quicker cell phone communication systems.

  • @SalesforceUSA
    @SalesforceUSA Před 3 lety +2

    We need more of Terry Tao on Numberphile, I would listen to him for hours.

  • @sydneyaustin9163
    @sydneyaustin9163 Před 9 lety +40

    Oh my god I feel so useless😭😭but this guy is super awesome

  • @Maidhros
    @Maidhros Před 13 lety +4

    I really envy Dr. Perelman and Dr. Tao. I wish to have a half of
    their minds, in fact I'm willing to give my arms for that cause. I can study and study, nights and nights awoken, but I never will reach even close to their minds. It's frustrating, the world is really unfair.

    • @MathSocrate
      @MathSocrate Před 3 lety +1

      Do your best with what you already have my friend.

    • @KL_Stereo
      @KL_Stereo Před 2 lety +1

      @@MathSocrate The best advice for everyone - you were dealt your hand, now play it

  • @thabangnkopane4626
    @thabangnkopane4626 Před 3 lety

    Your a genius..... Able to state a sequence that never ends

  • @xingfenzhen
    @xingfenzhen Před 14 lety

    @rlinfinity
    yes, and when difficult problems (sometimes not so difficult problems) come up, we just defer them to the computer. The math part of course is just used to select the right model to simulate and choose the most reasonable parameter. (which could mean the different between a simulation that took hours and give the wrong answer and one that took only minutes and give the correct one)

  • @tichenille07
    @tichenille07 Před 8 lety +26

    I never get my graphs correct.
    Help me Tao.

    • @tichenille07
      @tichenille07 Před 7 lety +21

      Sometimes i wish i could stop commenting on videos. Even the most innocent one attract weird people

    • @JohnMichaelKeys
      @JohnMichaelKeys Před 7 lety +4

      Asking a prodigy to help you out because you never get them correct is very innocent. I get that. But you know how stupid that sounds? He's got way better things to do, go ask your teacher

    • @tichenille07
      @tichenille07 Před 7 lety +15

      Johnny Manila boohoo. he will not help me, really?
      im so sad. :)
      Now you'll comment back something rude, because you're annoyed i decided to joke on a math geniuss video.
      :)
      I can hear your heart pounding of anger. lol.

    • @simetry6477
      @simetry6477 Před 6 lety +3

      Johnny Manila I hope you are not like this in real life.

    • @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930
      @nirmalanandimotionalgita6930 Před 6 lety

      Elisa Appasamy Must watch Channel Nikhil Nirmal Geometry Theorum of 18°72°90°

  • @user-tm1ix7xi1n
    @user-tm1ix7xi1n Před 8 lety +27

    Wow at age 21 he had a PHD degree, and I am still stuck doing minor calculas problems.

    • @abhisheklama1393
      @abhisheklama1393 Před 7 lety +13

      Err.... yeah, isnt that entire point of him being a prodigy?

    • @EroticOnion23
      @EroticOnion23 Před 4 lety

      He's literally like a character from Marvel or DC comics.

    • @crazymoron6727
      @crazymoron6727 Před 4 lety

      Pfft. That's nothing, son..... I still struggle on doing adding in my head.

    • @rajdeepsindhu9268
      @rajdeepsindhu9268 Před 4 lety +1

      You're stuck at spelling 'calculus' right as well.

  • @laztom14
    @laztom14 Před 14 lety

    What a beautiful video!!!

  • @stevenbb007
    @stevenbb007 Před 14 lety

    Terence Tau is a ROCK STAR!!!

  • @Lavender_Cordle
    @Lavender_Cordle Před 7 lety +9

    I still struggle to count with my toes

    • @nick1f
      @nick1f Před 6 lety +4

      It would be easier if you remove your shoes and socks first!

  • @skelkelian
    @skelkelian Před 2 lety +3

    "He got a 760 on the Math SAT..."
    Me: "Wow I got a 770, I guess I'm a genius."
    Literally a quarter second later: "At age 8."
    Me: "nvm"

  • @riseabovehate9476
    @riseabovehate9476 Před 6 lety

    What is the name of the background song

  • @hauhau72
    @hauhau72 Před 12 lety

    Terence Tao is Exceptionally Gifted.

  • @Sneakerama17
    @Sneakerama17 Před 8 lety +4

    I'm really interested in what his spiritual beliefs are

  • @soccerguy13able
    @soccerguy13able Před 10 lety +42

    His mouth can't keep up with what he's saying lol

  • @riseabovehate9476
    @riseabovehate9476 Před 6 lety

    Which background song is this ?

  • @icjavelin
    @icjavelin Před 4 lety

    I wanna ask tao... What hundred set statics from a computer screen and what graphics card can clone from a photo. Without sin or sudden trial.

  • @alphabetacanton
    @alphabetacanton Před 8 lety +16

    Such a lovely person as well! God's gift to humanity!

  • @ishwish100
    @ishwish100 Před 8 lety +22

    Music is very annoying n too loud..

  • @richardbenitez7803
    @richardbenitez7803 Před 4 lety +2

    I’m watching this only to see if this guy turned out as a balanced individual. He is very lucky he has not developed anti social behavior ... etc. I’m proud of this guy. He is google news under science... he won an award from Spain ..

  • @mehmetaliuzuner1858
    @mehmetaliuzuner1858 Před 3 lety +1

    why there are chaotic gaps between prime numbers?
    why there aren't have any rules?

  • @chibzzz
    @chibzzz Před 7 lety +5

    now i wanna go to ucla just so he can be my teacher hahahaa

    • @dathunderman4
      @dathunderman4 Před 4 lety +1

      Makai Baker I know this is an old af comment but he doesn’t teach undergrad, only graduate students and it’s just a couple classes. I have seen him walking around in the math sciences building tho!

  • @MuhammadUsman-lb9yv
    @MuhammadUsman-lb9yv Před 15 lety +5

    It is not merely the matter of "study harder", it is matter of ingenuity, Intellectual giftedness.

  • @ehhhhhhhhhh
    @ehhhhhhhhhh Před 15 lety

    Wow. He's an inspiration. I need to study harder.

  • @discerenecessa9062
    @discerenecessa9062 Před 6 lety

    Why does there always have to be music in the background, that drowns out the most important bits. Some people would also like to hear what is said.. -.-

  • @amandaberesford
    @amandaberesford Před 15 lety +7

    He seems so well adjusted. It appears that many "geniuses" are so wrapped up in themselves and act like anti-social weirdos. He's a credit to his family no doubt.

  • @sherlockholmeslives.1605
    @sherlockholmeslives.1605 Před 9 lety +3

    3 of my Favourite Intellectuals, -
    Carl Sagan ( 1934 - 1996 )
    Rowan Williams ( b.1950 ) - I am not religious!
    Lucy Worsley ( b.1973 )

  • @breebw
    @breebw Před 13 lety

    good for him. he has achieved a lot.

  • @sagrocket
    @sagrocket Před 11 lety

    plz tell me name of music in background ???

  • @kambolelupiya2730
    @kambolelupiya2730 Před 6 lety +7

    When a math problem sees Terence Tao it will be like 😱🤬😰 there he comes

  • @Blacktown2060
    @Blacktown2060 Před 11 lety +13

    thank god, he's not in banking

    • @nicoleisgoddess
      @nicoleisgoddess Před 3 lety

      @Harry Smith Because nearly all of them are incompetent.

  • @kimchee94112
    @kimchee94112 Před 10 lety

    Yes, second to Cal in the public UC system. You could group UCLA and Cal with Stanford, MIT, CIT, Harvard, etc.

  • @maxgunn555
    @maxgunn555 Před 12 lety

    @DartmouthAlum96 what's trim?

  • @heronmyer3780
    @heronmyer3780 Před 8 lety +35

    i would beat him @ cs:go

    • @nathan.3701
      @nathan.3701 Před 8 lety +3

      naw he knows math he probably knows everything about physics and stuff

    • @heronmyer3780
      @heronmyer3780 Před 8 lety +1

      Nate - Minecraft & More!
      i will still beat him with one hand behind my back

    • @nathan.3701
      @nathan.3701 Před 8 lety +3

      Naw dude he has like artificial intelligence he will know everything

    • @heronmyer3780
      @heronmyer3780 Před 8 lety +1

      Nate - Minecraft & More!
      you're an idiot. how old are you?

    • @nathan.3701
      @nathan.3701 Před 8 lety +2

      older than you think

  • @adampaul6974
    @adampaul6974 Před 8 lety +10

    The Chinese Sheldon Cooper

    • @Murasame
      @Murasame Před 8 lety +20

      Yeah and probably actually funny.

  • @user-rj4vw2mf5s
    @user-rj4vw2mf5s Před 3 lety

    to be smart is not enough ...hardworking is good solution for success

  • @matthewhhchan0820
    @matthewhhchan0820 Před 13 lety

    why the second guy(count from the right) in the first row raised his middle finger in 0:57?

  • @logicdesi8405
    @logicdesi8405 Před 10 lety +6

    whats funny i still cant understand what these mathematicians trying to teach us,,,

    • @CumBrianFries
      @CumBrianFries Před 9 lety

      logic desi If you still can't understand what they're trying to teach you then there's nothing they can teach you.

    • @andyb1336
      @andyb1336 Před 9 lety +5

      Fawk Yu People like you are the reason the education system is broken.

    • @johnhilbert7640
      @johnhilbert7640 Před 9 lety +1

      Funny you ask.
      I would understand why you would say this. The earliest of mathematics were intended to solve real-world problems. Back in ancient greeks, they invented geometry to calculate things like distance, area, volumes, etc...It wasn't until a mathematician named Euclid who put forth a set of axioms. Axioms are kinda like self-evident truths. Euclid thus deduced from those axioms a lot of pretty interesting results. Even though most of what he proved in his book, Elements, were plainly obvious facts, like two circles having a congruent centre and congruent radii are congruent, it did give us important theorem like Pythagoras, Thales's theorem,etc...
      Today maths is extremely abstract compared to the maths before the 19th century, they developed such areas as geometry in n dimensions, projective geometry, affine geometry.
      Despite all that, mathematics still serves its main purpose being a great tool for scientists and engineer.

    • @nelsonhanzmagana8745
      @nelsonhanzmagana8745 Před 7 lety

      The Universe is Infinite Infinity and Beyond.
      humans' primitive inadequate hopeless incompetent "poor knowledge" of one second is defined as the time it takes for the cesium frequency to oscillate 9,192,631,770 times or 1sec./9192631 and as its huge and absolute consequence, whatever formulas and or equations and or theorems and or theories and or assumptions these physicists and or mathematicians use and or will use will never result in accuracy.
      0.999999999 and 1 are not equal
      1.510181016 and 1.5101810169987618898799666109971543344895666.... to infinity are very very different.
      for these mathematicians to say that 0.999999999 is equal to 1 would be the same as albert einstein displayed 1 using his forefinger in front of your face and ask you: how many? you would surely say 1, but einstein would say, you are wrong. follow my instructions. focus your left eye to the right. focus your right eye to the left. shake your head 6 times...and einstein asks again how many? you would probably say 3... einstein would say you stupid! you did not shake your head strong enough! the correct answer is 2! and surely you would believe him because he is einstein....
      einstein would say: very well. go and teach math. tell them it is the language of the universe.

  • @andyb1336
    @andyb1336 Před 9 lety +19

    I never understood why we praise people who were born with innate talent instead of earning their skill... This guy never had to toil, he had it made in mathematics. Also prodigies are often downright useless in any other field. I have much more respect for your average joe who becomes a mathematical whiz through effort than some guy who was practically born amazing.

    • @martinlaird4738
      @martinlaird4738 Před 9 lety

      .

    • @ddomingo
      @ddomingo Před 9 lety +31

      You think everything comes easy to him? That he hardly has to make any effort? You are very wrong. Even though he's very intelligent he still works his ass off. No one is born amazing. These people with innate talent we admire so much push our species forward, because not only are they talented, they are extremely hard working and curious. They see patterns where the rest of us see noise. Check out his article terrytao.wordpress.com/career-advice/work-hard/

    • @probablynotsatanic66
      @probablynotsatanic66 Před 9 lety +52

      That is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard in my entire life. We don't praise prodigies for having talent; we praise them for making significant, groundbreaking contributions to human knowledge. What is a "math wiz" to you? Are mathematicians just circus performers who train hard to impress the world? Carl Friedrich Gauss was a prodigy who made significant contributions to math and physics. Should we just lay him aside because he was born talented? Secondly, your argument that Terence Tao never had to toil with math is makes my brain cells wither and die. Mathematicians ALWAYS have to toil with math. Mathematicians don't take timed tests given by some vague authority figure. Mathematicians have to expand the field of mathematics, and no matter how smart you are, it will never come easy. Every question a mathematician answers will lead to 10 new ones. Terence Tao works tirelessly to not only resolve long-unsolved problems in number theory such as the twin prime conjecture, he has already made significant contributions to the fields he has worked in, alongside helping develop a technique called "compressed sensing," which you should totally look up before you say something else completely stupid. And finally, Terence Tao is not an idiot savant. He doesn't "suck at everything else." Just look at his blog. He is a fantastic expositor of his work.

    • @tibortresla
      @tibortresla Před 9 lety +5

      BOOHOOOO SOMEONE IS JELLY :^)

    • @andyb1336
      @andyb1336 Před 9 lety

      sQuare Of course I'm jealous, I could make a killing on the market with this guys math talent.... but again my point is he didn't earn it, at least not the same way as others in the field might.

  • @mauriciomurillo2669
    @mauriciomurillo2669 Před 4 lety

    Terence Tao un matemático con una destreza única en lo oculto y en los números del misticismo .

  • @pachord1
    @pachord1 Před 7 lety

    I spent plenty of time in the math science building there. It wasn't easy. One thing that sticks in my memory was that Hector Fattorinis office was filled with hats.

  • @spotserafin
    @spotserafin Před 10 lety +9

    He should apply his intelligence to some real life problems like Elon Musk does, he may not be a prodigy but he is changing the world in a good way, he is a real life hero.

    • @arthurthegreat216
      @arthurthegreat216 Před 10 lety +76

      It would be a huge loss to humanity if Tao suddenly became a businessman like Musk (even though Musk does some great things). It seems like you don't realize it, so just take my word for it that developing pure mathematics and theoretical physics is one of the most difficult tasks in existence and one of the most important ones as well. Tao should be doing exactly what he is doing; pure math, because there are only a few people in the world that could do what he does. Having him do anything else other than mathematics would be an incredible loss to humanity... Just imagine where we would be if Gauss or Dirac became engineers and businessmen instead of mathematicians and theoretical physicists...

    • @spotserafin
      @spotserafin Před 10 lety +1

      lol didn't know that, it makes sense knowing most of nerdy guys encounter their wife at college(coming from a scarcity mindset). But who cares right? Just wanna know what if appart from mind training which is what he usually does everyday, he could open a window to enjoy activities like excercise or meditation where he could train his body and mind as well.

    • @okitasemi
      @okitasemi Před 9 lety +6

      Sebastián Jácome I've seen him in person at department picnics playing with his kids (soccer or frisbie). He's just a normal guy. =)
      But I'm sure whatever going through his mind when he's playing soccer would be a million times more intelligent than most people at their most focused moments...

    • @aftermath4096
      @aftermath4096 Před 7 lety +4

      one engineer is easily replacable, Terry Tao is far from easily replacable

    • @nelsonhanzmagana8745
      @nelsonhanzmagana8745 Před 7 lety

      The Universe is Infinite Infinity and Beyond.
      humans' primitive inadequate hopeless incompetent "poor knowledge" of one second is defined as the time it takes for the cesium frequency to oscillate 9,192,631,770 times or 1sec./9192631 and as its huge and absolute consequence, whatever formulas and or equations and or theorems and or theories and or assumptions these physicists and or mathematicians use and or will use will never result in accuracy.
      0.999999999 and 1 are not equal
      1.510181016 and 1.5101810169987618898799666109971543344895666.... to infinity are very very different.
      for these mathematicians to say that 0.999999999 is equal to 1 would be the same as albert einstein displayed 1 using his forefinger in front of your face and ask you: how many? you would surely say 1, but einstein would say, you are wrong. follow my instructions. focus your left eye to the right. focus your right eye to the left. shake your head 6 times...and einstein asks again how many? you would probably say 3... einstein would say you stupid! you did not shake your head strong enough! the correct answer is 2! and surely you would believe him because he is einstein....
      einstein would say: very well. go and teach math. tell them it is the language of the universe.

  • @anisometropie
    @anisometropie Před 2 lety

    He writes his own name on the blackboard when he talks about a theorem, it must feel nice

  • @jameshilferty7588
    @jameshilferty7588 Před 11 lety

    I was in a pub in Donegal Town discussing the efficacy of the Black-Scholes formula with my niece's husband (he's a maths professor) and I suggested that there was far too much reliance placed on The Gaussian Normal Distribution Curve in the B-S. formula and he was on about The Central Limit Theorem (a precursor of the above curve; with which I have no trouble) and when I pointed out the obvious flaws in that distribution without even a blush he suggested using another distribution curve so sad

  • @NeoGodHand
    @NeoGodHand Před 12 lety

    This guy is also a genius in math because his right lobe and the logical part of it developed faster, and is more developed, than the rest of us.

  • @enjoyablesounds
    @enjoyablesounds Před 13 lety

    @Cervy18 sorry, i think i am confusing everyone...what i'm trying to say is that this notation -1 < r < 1 ( at first glance, think of people being exposed to the understanding of domains for the first time) is chosen unnecessarily confusing, because you read it " minus one is smaller then r and r is smaller than positive one) which , in general is not what you would want to notify in the first place, right.? You generally in most cases want to state that the "r" is bounded by -1 and by 1.

  • @prajnaprajna1923
    @prajnaprajna1923 Před 10 lety

    Fermat's last Theorem is the Transformer Bumblebee Robot.
    Using the formula z^3=[z(z+1)/2]^2 - [z(z-1)/2]^2 to convert z^3 become the exponent 2. Then using the formula [z(z+1)/2]^2=1^3+2^3+........+z^3 to convert the exponent 2 become the exponent 3.
    Repeated several times with the same method.
    The Transformer Bumblebee Robot was created according to your structure.
    This is my simplest format of theTransformer Bumblebee Robot .
    Original equation:
    z^3=x^3+y^3.
    Using two formulas:
    z^3=[z(z+1)/2]^2 - [z(z-1)/2]^2
    And define x

  • @marty177
    @marty177 Před 15 lety +2

    Australia loves you Terry!

  • @vjpillay
    @vjpillay Před 15 lety

    gell-mann murrey got his phd before 21 and lagrange was professor at 19 and director of maths section of berlin academy at 30.

  • @robkim55
    @robkim55 Před 13 lety

    @Maidhros You are not alone; i can study and study and seem to forget what I studied-- so many times!!!

  • @pareshbarman257
    @pareshbarman257 Před 10 lety

    Miracles will be there always.

  • @aznjokeryou
    @aznjokeryou Před 16 lety

    this is tight man. I wanna see what classes he teaches

  • @BluePittbull666
    @BluePittbull666 Před 12 lety

    clever person.
    good for him.
    i'm still doing my masters in physics & i'm 29.

  • @rancegarrett3696
    @rancegarrett3696 Před 7 lety +1

    We all have a Terence Tao in our computers solving millions of calculations per second.

  • @bulgingbattery2050
    @bulgingbattery2050 Před 2 lety

    I'd like to hear what Mr. Tao thinks about the Poincare recurrence.

  • @johnfriedman1524
    @johnfriedman1524 Před 12 lety

    Terence Tao is every Man's hero.

  • @prajnaprajna1923
    @prajnaprajna1923 Před 10 lety

    Only in the set (N+).
    Fermat's last Theorem z ^ 3 = x ^ 3 + y ^ 3 is capable exists a solution if fully meet the following conditions:
    First step:
    (1+2+3+4+........+a)^2+(1+2+3+4+........+b)^2=v^2.
    In fact, using the computer, this equation has the ability to survive.
    Second step:
    (1+2+3+4+........+a+1)^2+(1+2+3+4+........+b+1)^2=s^2.
    Third step:
    v=1+2+3+4+........+c.
    In fact, using the computer, third step and first step have the ability to survive in the same time.
    Fourth step:
    s=1+2+3+4+........d.
    Fifth step:
    d=c+1
    If all five steps are satisfied.This equation is capable of existence.
    [z(z+1)/2]^2 - [z(z-1)/2]^2=[x(x+1)/2]^2- [x(x-1)/2]^2+[y(y+1)/2]^2 - [y(y-1)/2]^2.
    Mean:
    z^3=x^3+y^3.
    Because:
    z^3=[z(z+1)/2]^2 - [z(z-1)/2]^2.
    However, too hard to satify all five conditions in the same time..
    And an other solution:
    Attention about series of number:
    1,3,6,10,15,21,28,36,45,55,66........
    To recognize in this string:
    10 and 15 are two number consecutive .
    And:
    15^2 - 10^2=5^3.
    Formula:
    z^3=[z(z+1)/2]^2 - [z(z-1)/2]^2.
    Both equations can not exist in the same time:
    [z(z+1)/2]^2=[x(x+1)/2]^2+[y(y+1)/2]^2
    And
    [z(z-1)/2]^2=[x(x-1)/2]^2+[y(y-1)/2]^2
    Attention:
    All numbers as z(z+1)/2 and x(x+1)/2 and y(y+1)/2 and z(z-1)/2 and x(x-1)/2 and y(y-1)/2 are belong this string and they are Pythagorean
    This is main proof:
    z^3=[z(z+1)/2]^2 - [z(z-1)/2]^2
    Define:
    x

  • @M3Besh
    @M3Besh Před 11 lety

    Should I discredit my second grade I.Q. score on that or any premise?

  • @Cortanasboyfriend
    @Cortanasboyfriend Před 11 lety +1

    This guy is isn't really considered a math prodigy in my eyes...but that me and him share the enormous passion for mathematics

  • @chessandmathguy
    @chessandmathguy Před 4 lety

    Yes but can he recite the quadratic formula. I mean without looking it up.

  • @SgtGizmo23
    @SgtGizmo23 Před 14 lety

    Someone tell me how dividing by the square root of q, will help cure cancer, or feed the hungry.

  • @vineetasinghverma4311
    @vineetasinghverma4311 Před 2 lety +2

    Terence Tao is my twin prime! We both are child prodigies!

  • @realPidge
    @realPidge Před 3 lety

    I scored 33/36 on the RAPM Set 2 in 20/40 minutes when I was 17. I'm not good at math. I guess everyone's brain is gifted in various different ways.

  • @Arycke
    @Arycke Před 14 lety

    O.o it is LOL Terry Tao is sooo lucky for that, and he is extraordinarily gifted, the prodigy title is well given in this case :-)

  • @thabangnkopane4626
    @thabangnkopane4626 Před 3 lety

    So Ever just saw the eqution and whar they lead to