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Terence Chi-Shen Tao (born 17 July 1975) is a Chinese-Australian mathematician who currently resides in the United States. In 2006, Tao won the Fields Medal for his work in number theory. Tao shared the award with three other mathematicians. He also won the FRS in 2007. He is known for his studies in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, combinatorics, analytic number theory and representation theory. Tao teaches math at UCLA.
Life
Tao was born in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. His parents are Han. Tao is the youngest person to be in the International Mathematical Olympiad.
Ever since he was a young child he had shown great skills in mathematics and logic. His father claimed that at the age of 2, during a family gathering, the infant Tao taught a 5-year-old child mathematics and English. According to Smithsonian Online Magazine, Tao taught himself arithmetic by the age of two. When asked by his father how he knew numbers and letters, he said he learned them from "Sesame Street". Aside from English, Tao speaks fluent Cantonese, but does not write Chinese. He was promoted to a full professor at age 24. He currently lives with his wife and son in Los Angeles, California.
Terence Tao Media
Tao at the age of 10 with mathematician Paul Erdős in 1985
Tao (second from left) with UCLA undergraduate students in 2021
Other websites
- Terence Tao's home page
- Clay Research Award Announcement Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Australian wins highest maths prize Archived 2006-10-03 at the Wayback Machine, by Charisse Ede, August 22, 2006, from AAP
- BBC story
- New York Times story
- Mozart of Maths, Sydney Morning Herald, Deborah Smith, August 26, 2006.
- Maths Architect of Beauty Archived 2006-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, Seed Magazine, by Jordan Ellenberg, Posted September 21, 2006
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