Terry Tao, Ph.D. Small and Large Gaps Between the Primes

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  @captainsnake8515 · 6 years ago (edited)

  Fun fact about Terence Tao: when getting his PhD, he almost failed his “general” exam, which is the most important test of your PhD. If you fail the generals you get kicked out. He was in his early 20’s at the time and expected the test to be way easier than it was so he studied pretty lightly and spent a lot of time, I kid you not, staying up late playing video games.<br><br>Even the smartest mathematician in the world once almost failed a test because he wanted to play video games.

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  @VitoPlaysGames · 11 years ago

  His brain seems to be processing faster than his mouth can speak.

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  @yajuneshmr9775 · 5 years ago

  His Brain: 240 fps<br>His mouth: 60Hz

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  @onoyoudont · 7 years ago

  I did some Maths subjects with him at university - I was 19 he was 12. He had a 150% workload and he blitzed them all.

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  @heyyoududeyesu · 10 years ago

  I finished this video without understanding a single sentence. In fact, i dont even remember anything he have just said. <br><br>Thumbs up, good video.

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  @wtfskilz · 5 years ago (edited)

  I love how mathematicians are honorable and always mention the names of those who found the formulas and such.

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  @djc1234 · 11 years ago

  Yeah, but can he make a calculator say &apos;boobies&apos;?

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  @samsoleymanimath · 6 years ago (edited)

  Prof. Tao once walked to my linear algebra class on the first day of school thinking that he is supposed to teach that class. He actually had prepared a syllabus not knowing that it was not his class. &nbsp;The look on his face was priceless when the actual professor walked in. &nbsp;Later I took a PDE class with him. &nbsp;He is brilliant teacher. &nbsp;He loves math and teaching math and he doesn&apos;t do it for the money

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  @navjot5445 · 2 years ago

  Imagine the person who can understand Terry Tao at 2x 💀

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  @johnrodgers4967 · 10 years ago

  It&apos;s interesting hearing someone speak a different language using the same words that I use.

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  @ChrisGoblinHD · 9 years ago

  I laughed along with them at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pp06oGD4m00&amp;t=291">4:51</a> so I can seem smart

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  @brentvelasquez6751 · 5 years ago

  2 minutes into this lecture and you start to realize that he’s literally on another level.

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