Terence Tao quotes

Terence Tao is an Australian mathematician recognized for his extraordinary contributions to numerous mathematical fields. His work spans areas such as harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and combinatorics. He is widely regarded as one of the most brilliant mathematicians of his generation. Here are 2 of his quotes:

Understand the problem. What kind of problem is it? There are three main types of problems:
‘Show that ...' or ‘Evaluate ...' questions, in which a certain statement has to be proved true, or a certain expression has to be worked out;
‘Find a...' or ‘Find all...' questions, which requires one to find something (or everything) that satisfies certain requirements;
‘Is there a ...' questions, which either require you to prove a statement or provide a counterexample. (Terence Tao)

Relying on intelligence alone to pull things off at the last minute may work for a while, but generally speaking at the graduate level or higher it doesn't. One needs to do a serious amount of reading and writing, and not just thinking, in order to get anywhere serious in mathematics.

Terence Tao

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Occupation: Australian Mathematician
Born: July 17, 1975
Quotes count: 2
Wikipedia: Terence Tao

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