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Re:Terence Tao started a YouTube channel by KiranRao0 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @04:23AM (#43970732)
Can someone provide a tl;dr on him/why he’s important?
Re:Terence Tao started a YouTube channel by somezero on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @04:59AM (#43970942)
Gauss 2.0; He’s very prolific, very famous in the math community. In this context, he is noteworthy because he’s taking automated theorem proving seriously which destigmatizes it for other pure mathematicians.
Re:Terence Tao started a YouTube channel by npsomaratna on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @04:33AM (#43970791)
Fields medal winner. Arguably the greatest living mathematician.
Re:Terence Tao started a YouTube channel by Zr01 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @06:22AM (#43971410)
Some would argue more for Wiles or Perelman on account of solving long-standing conjectures.
Re:Terence Tao started a YouTube channel by achierius on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @09:11AM (#43972561)
Top three greatest living mathematician, perhaps?
Re:Terence Tao started a YouTube channel by Analemma_ on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @10:07AM (#43973143)
I think what gives Tao the title is how multidisciplinary he is. He can wander in to a new subfield of mathematics and start making SOTA contributions after not very much time, which is a rare thing.
Re:Terence Tao started a YouTube channel by 4gotunameagain on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @06:04AM (#43971332)
Yes, google can provide that in like 3 seconds, human parsing included.