Terence Tao: Most beautiful idea in mathematics | Lex Fridman Podcast Clips

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  @LexClips · 1 year ago · pinned

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• PA

  @patrickshepherd1341 · 1 year ago

  I feel like lex always has the worst headache in the world while he&apos;s interviewing people

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  @TheMakersRage · 8 months ago

  What I love is that once a theorem is proved correct, there are an infinite number of ways to prove it correctly. And Erdos postulated there exists a &quot;most beautiful&quot; proof of every theorem.

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• RI

  @riact123 · 1 year ago

  When Terry speaks, I slow the playback speed down to 80%. When Lex speaks, I turn it up to 120%.

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• ET

  @ethanholshouser5648 · 1 year ago

  That explanation of Euler&apos;s identity was brilliant. I don&apos;t think I&apos;ve ever heard it before.

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• AL

  @almac4067 · 1 year ago

  Simplest explanation of what Eulers function is made of I’ve ever heard - I finally understand what the thing is telling me!

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• SI

  @simonodonnell5454 · 1 year ago

  No idea what he&apos;s saying but I love that there are individuals this intelligent in the world

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• JO

  @josemanuico5613 · 8 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UITqB6T22sY&amp;t=529">8:49</a> All of us trying to understand

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• YL

  @yliuos · 1 year ago

  Really like to hear what Dr. Tao thinks about Langland&apos;s programme. He doesn&apos;t seem to be too amused by it

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• SC

  @schobihh2703 · 1 year ago

  I forgot about the Hamiltonian. Because it never clicked for me. I would have wished to have these great teachers in my youth available via youtube

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  @davidgraham9577 · 1 year ago

  I am no mathematician, always struck by how the seemingly disparate elements can come together in just one small, eloquent (Euler) equation. Prof Tau&apos;s short, simple explanation makes it (almost) comprehensible.

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  @wonderwind2716 · 9 months ago

  I actually have a deeper understanding of Noether theorem after listening to Tao. It&apos;s so amazing that he knows so much