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Terence Tao
Mathematician

Terence Tao

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Making major contributions across analysis, number theory and combinatorics.

Green–Tao theorem · Fields Medal

Born
17 July 1975
Birthplace
Adelaide, Australia

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Terence Tao

Terence Tao is an Australian-American mathematician recognised for the breadth of his research and his collaborative approach.

Early life

Early mathematics

Showed exceptional mathematical ability as a child.

University study

Studied at Flinders University and completed a doctorate at Princeton.

Career

  1. 1990s

    Research training

    Developed work in harmonic analysis.

  2. 1996 onward

    UCLA

    Joined the university and became a professor.

  3. 2000s onward

    Broad collaboration

    Worked across several fields and wrote extensive mathematical exposition.

Contributions

Green–Tao theorem

With Ben Green, proved that primes contain arbitrarily long arithmetic progressions.

Fields Medal

Received the award for contributions across multiple areas.

Dispersive equations

Advanced the study of important partial differential equations.

Beyond work

Teaching

Makes mathematical ideas available through books and online writing.

Collaboration

Has taken part in collaborative projects such as Polymath.

Sources & photo creditLife, career and references ↗International Mathematical Union: 2006 Fields Medals ↗

Photo: Institute for Pure & Applied Mathematics. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.