The World's Best Mathematician (*) - Numberphile

The World's Best Mathematician (*) - Numberphile Numberphile 4.54M subscribers Subscribe 123K Share Download Thanks Save 7,371,581 views Mar 14, 2017 (*) Among current mathematicians, many people regard Professor Terence Tao as the world's finest... Opinions on such things vary, of course. Professor Tao kindly fielded some of our questions, including many submitted by Numberphile viewers. EXTRA FOOTAGE: • Terry Tao and 'Cheating Strategically... (and more extras to come) The Legend of Question Six: • The Legend of Question Six - Numberphile Professor Tao's blog: https://terrytao.wordpress.com/ Numberphile is supported by the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI): http://bit.ly/MSRINumberphile We are also supported by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation initiative dedicated to engaging everyone with the process of science. 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Not a shred of arrogance in him. What a legend. 7.7K Reply 72 replies @idealrunner5043 3 years ago I have to say I smiled when he said he hung around kids his age and partied at grad school, nice to see he didn’t let himself get TOTALLY absorbed 2K Reply 7 replies @eliasm2964 5 years ago I used my calculator in my math test today to find 7+11 18K Reply 351 replies @rayyoshida7963 4 years ago One of the most intelligent person in the world but how humble is he. I really like him 3.3K Reply 17 replies @JL-ej3xu 2 years ago (edited) Had an honor class with him 6 yrs ago when I was an undergrad at UCLA. That was the first higher division math course I took. Could tell he is a very nice person in real life, but to comprehend him during lecture is very very hard. He had a completely different flow compared to other professors. Whole lecture is like listening to him proofing a Lemma in his brain, it’s spontaneous and happens very fast. Taking notes is very challenging: wiring down too many details is risky since if you got lost from his thought process, the rest of the lecture is fucked; too little, you cannot recall them after class. I would say 90% of the students who took his class would think he is not as informative as other professors. But the 10% left could potentially progress very fast. 2.5K Reply 23 replies @l75rd83 3 years ago I’m eating jam sandwiches for the rest of my life. 2.6K Reply 20 replies @vuanhminhle6928 5 years ago (edited) His CPU is faster than his amplifier. He is getting bottlenecked. 8.6K Reply 33 replies @LOTUSELISE340R 4 years ago Did anyone else's jaw drop at the fact he had a PHD in Mathematics...AT 20!! From Princeton! And was teaching by 24. What a brilliant man. 2.9K Reply 31 replies @TacSprint 1 year ago The stars really aligned for this guy lol He had an affinity for math early on, had access to mentors that could help develop his skills, and just went with it. 260 Reply @kcstevens7532 3 years ago Key take-away - how T was raised by parents recognizing and learning how to feed his gift. Thank you for sharing. 176 Reply @apprentice500 5 years ago Its so nice when a prophesied genius fulfils their potential. 3.2K Reply 15 replies @Hoodratliker 4 years ago "Whats your weakness?" "Algebra Topology" never heard of it. 4.7K Reply 48 replies @lovalalova 2 years ago (edited) I love how he and Zvezdelina both remember how they met over question 6 at the australian olympiad. 63 Reply 1 reply @AuCeVi 3 years ago He looks exactly as what you'd imagine the world's greatest mathematician would look like. 2.9K Reply 30 replies @QLY. 4 years ago His brain 240 FPS, his mouth 60 hz 14K Reply 105 replies @man9783 4 years ago PhD in maths at 20. I'm here struggling with highschool math. 4.4K Reply 64 replies @erikgordon4783 3 years ago 8:58 - what an absolutely solid answer that transcends far more than mathematics. 60 Reply