For me, I guess the main motivation is the satisfaction of finally understanding some tricky mathematical concept or phenomenon and then explaining it to others. — Terence Tao Copy Share Image
It is very humbling to receive the Fields Medal. The words of a Fields Medallist carry a lot of weight within mathematics - for… — Terence Tao Copy Share
Can you make fancy patterns of water that actually have some computation power? I'm betting that fluids are complex enough to do this. — Terence Tao Copy Share
Ultimately you should follow advice not because someone tells you to, but because it was something that you already knew you should be doing. — Terence Tao Copy Share
My life is more than just my work. I am a husband and a father and a proud citizen of two countries: my homeland… — Terence Tao Copy Share
If there is something that I should know how to do but don't, it bugs me. I feel like I have to sit down… — Terence Tao Copy Share
The standard high school curriculum traditionally has been focused towards physics and engineering. So calculus, differential equations, and linear algebra have always been the… — Terence Tao Copy Share
One can think of any given axiom system as being like a computer with a certain limited amount of memory or processing power. One… — Terence Tao Copy Share
When I was seven or eight, whenever I was getting too rowdy at night, my parents would give me a maths workbook to work… — Terence Tao Copy Share
It was traditional to not actually cash the prizes that Erdos did award while he was alive. People usually framed the cheque instead. — Terence Tao Copy Share
