Terence Tao: Structure and Randomness in the Prime Numbers, UCLA

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• AL

  @alphabetacanton · 10 years ago

  I don't know anything about maths; but I find this strangely therapeutic. It reminds me of how stupid and insignificant my life is, and it is very humbling.

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• VE

  @veramentegina · 8 years ago

  he is as beautiful as the mathematics he talks about. The key the learning mathematics is to listen to someone who speaks with such passion. That passion is contagious, wakes up the natural curiosity that is dormant inside of us. Just beautiful.

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• IR

  @irisbunky · 10 years ago

  I used to help this guy with his homework

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• AS

  @AshtonGleckman · 11 years ago

  I have so much respect for all of you mathematicians. It is truly unbelievable what you all do. Cheers!

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• RY

  @ryanh1013 · 5 years ago (edited)

  He stutters and says “um” a lot but still managed to give a concise, interesting, and clearly understandable presentation. So called “public speaking skills” only matter when you really don’t have anything of substance to say.

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• IQ

  @iqrae-bism-Allah · 3 years ago

  It's insane how we can listen to this gold while just sitting at home ! Thank you Tao, UCLA, Internet, electricity, etc...

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• DA

  @dathunderman4 · 7 years ago

  I was at office hours for one of my math classes here at ucla, and I turn around and just this guy (Terence Tao) just casually walking around. It was pretty crazy to think about all that he's accomplished and to go to a university where people like him work at!

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• AK

  @aks1366666 · 13 years ago

  &quot;You want problems that are compelling but also have some chance to be solved&quot;<br> (True Intellect begets humility)

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• CH

  @chrisphan4566 · 10 years ago

  U can feel his mind going too fast his speech having a hard time keeping up

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• HA

  @Hainneezatze60 · 2 months ago

  It&apos;s insane how we can listen to this gold while just sitting at home ! Thank you Tao, UCLA, Internet, electricity,

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  @vijayvadakkekurputh5756 · 8 years ago

  As someone who has been a Math guy, I love the great ones such as Terence who are so humorous. We love this subject and it brings joy that cannot be described. Number theory is deceptively simple in the sense of making statements, but notoriously difficult to prove. The proof of Fermat&apos;s last theorem is a canonical example. Taniyama, Shimura (also Weil) conjecture... What the hell have Modular forms have to do with &nbsp;a seemingly simple statement about some integer power sums. They do! Another example is from my thesis adviser&apos;s thesis adviser (Feit) ... Groups of Odd Order are Solvable (Feit - Thompson). This is beautiful. &nbsp;Once the commutator descends, one can apply induction and prove all kinds of things. This why the whole subject is so spiritual. Love it!

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• TR

  @treyquattro · 6 years ago

  &quot;How does one disprove a conspiracy?&quot; The question with the greatest resonance in 2020!

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