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Australia's own mathematical genius
« on: October 20, 2009, 09:02:35 pm »
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I was walking into the maths building of my university where I saw a copy of paradox written by MUMS (Melbourne University Mathematics and Statistics Society). I opened it to hear about our own mathematical genius Terry Tao.

- At the age of 8 he got a 760 for the mathematical section of the SAT (maximum score is 800)

- At the age of 13 he was a gold medalist for the IMO (International Mathematics Olympiad)

- At the age of 20 he got a PhD in mathematics at Princeton university

- At the age of 24 he became a full professor

- At the age of 31 he was a fields medalist (the Nobel prize for matheticians)

Minds who are equivalent to this who come to mind are:

Child genius Gauss (who made my life easier with Gaussian shells for electric field problems), Newton, Maxwell, Einstein, Hawking, etc. 


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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2009, 09:03:57 pm »
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Tao's been my god for a long time.
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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2009, 09:16:05 pm »
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omg, I just googled him, and he is my newfound idol.
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« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2009, 09:16:57 pm »
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Tao's awesome.

I wouldn't put Einstein in the same category. His skills (excluding his creativity) matured once he hit his early 20s. To tell the truth, his performance as a teenager wasn't brilliant. There's no denying that he was a genius - but his talents only really developed once he was a bit older.
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« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2009, 09:18:57 pm »
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I went to his lecture not so long ago but I found his public speaking skills lacking :P
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« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2009, 09:22:20 pm »
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Tao's great... he doesn't exhude an atmosphere of 'genius', but underneath it all he's a god at maths.

Ramanujan was a similarly talented, but he was self-taught. Although he died at age 32 he independently derived 3900 results. In 1976 his 'lost' notebooks were discovered and to this day mathematicians are still poring through the pages, trying to comprehend the genius of his work.
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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2009, 09:24:11 pm »
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OMG. My life has been shattered.

I thought Kamil9876= Terry Tao. I googled the image, and 6th one was Kamils DP. It looked realistic!

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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2009, 09:25:05 pm »
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Quote from: /0 on October 20, 2009, 09:22:20 pm
Tao's great... he doesn't exhude an atmosphere of 'genius', but underneath it all he's a god at maths.

Ramanujan was a similarly talented, but he was self-taught. Although he died at age 32 he independently derived 3900 results. In 1976 his 'lost' notebooks were discovered and to this day mathematicians are still poring through the pages, trying to comprehend the genius of his work.

Ramanujan is awesome :D

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Don't forget modular arithmetic :P made my life easier solving number theory problems.
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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2009, 09:25:40 pm »
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Quote from: xXNovaxX on October 20, 2009, 09:24:11 pm
OMG. My life has been shattered.

I thought Kamil= Terry Tao. I googled the image, and 6th one was Kamils DP. It looked realistic!


It was his dp.
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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2009, 09:47:52 pm »
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Quote from: xXNovaxX on October 20, 2009, 09:24:11 pm
OMG. My life has been shattered.

I thought Kamil9876= Terry Tao. I googled the image, and 6th one was Kamils DP. It looked realistic!


Damn I thought that was him too!

As for Einstein (who apparently had asperges syndrome) I know that his genius did not come out until his 20's but the thought process he had with these theories is truely remarkable.


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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2009, 10:00:06 pm »
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I know his thought processes were remarkable. Einstein's one of my favourite individuals of all time. I think there's a difference between being a mature thinker and a child prodigy, that's all.

But relativity's beautiful :)
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« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2009, 11:21:09 pm »
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Quote from: QuantumJG on October 20, 2009, 09:47:52 pm
Quote from: xXNovaxX on October 20, 2009, 09:24:11 pm
OMG. My life has been shattered.

I thought Kamil9876= Terry Tao. I googled the image, and 6th one was Kamils DP. It looked realistic!


Damn I thought that was him too!

As for Einstein (who apparently had asperges syndrome) I know that his genius did not come out until his 20's but the thought process he had with these theories is truely remarkable.



Quote from: xXNovaxX on October 20, 2009, 09:24:11 pm
OMG. My life has been shattered.

I thought Kamil9876= Terry Tao. I googled the image, and 6th one was Kamils DP. It looked realistic!




Oh for fucks sake! are you serious?

why would Terence Tao hang out on a vce website, when he probably didnt even do vce.

wow
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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2009, 11:37:22 pm »
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Woooo Terry Tao. I knew all those facts about him though. He does have a rather awesome blog:
http://terrytao.wordpress.com/
(Though half the posts go over my head...)
Also check out this sweet video of one of his lectures on prime numbers:
http://wwwmaths.anu.edu.au/events/tao-22-9-09.flv
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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2009, 11:39:44 pm »
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tao's a sex god
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Re: Australia's own mathematical genius
« Reply #14 on: October 21, 2009, 12:55:11 am »
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Quote from: kurrymuncher on October 20, 2009, 11:21:09 pm
Quote from: QuantumJG on October 20, 2009, 09:47:52 pm
Quote from: xXNovaxX on October 20, 2009, 09:24:11 pm
OMG. My life has been shattered.

I thought Kamil9876= Terry Tao. I googled the image, and 6th one was Kamils DP. It looked realistic!


Damn I thought that was him too!

As for Einstein (who apparently had asperges syndrome) I know that his genius did not come out until his 20's but the thought process he had with these theories is truely remarkable.



Quote from: xXNovaxX on October 20, 2009, 09:24:11 pm
OMG. My life has been shattered.

I thought Kamil9876= Terry Tao. I googled the image, and 6th one was Kamils DP. It looked realistic!




Oh for fucks sake! are you serious?

why would Terence Tao hang out on a vce website, when he probably didnt even do vce.

wow

Nooooo. You got it mixed up. I never KNEW who Terence Tao was! Therefore when I saw Kamils display picture I thought that dude was him
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