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Terence Tao

1975 - Today

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Terence Chi-Shen Tao (Chinese: 陶哲軒; born 17 July 1975) is an Australian-American mathematician, Fields medalist, and professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he holds the James and Carol Collins Chair in the College of Letters and Sciences. His research includes topics in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, algebraic combinatorics, arithmetic combinatorics, geometric combinatorics, probability theory, compressed sensing and analytic number theory. Tao was born to Chinese immigrant parents and raised in Adelaide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Terence Tao has received more than 4,756,128 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Terence Tao is the 462nd most popular mathematician (up from 520th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Australia (up from 102nd in 2019) and the most popular Australian Mathematician.

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  • 48

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  • 5.93

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  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Terence Tao ranks 462 out of 1,004. Before him are Edmund Gunter, Yuri Manin, Thomas Joannes Stieltjes, William Kingdon Clifford, Adriaan van Roomen, and Ernst Schröder. After him are Yutaka Taniyama, Frigyes Riesz, Jean Leray, Eric Temple Bell, Isadore Singer, and Hermann Hankel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Terence Tao ranks 48. Before him are Vladimir Kramnik, David Harbour, Álvaro Morte, Maria Zakharova, Albin Kurti, and Juan Pablo Montoya. After him are Fergie, Tiger Woods, Marc-Vivien Foé, Jonah Lomu, Suriya, and Michael Bublé.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Terence Tao ranks 88 out of 1,143. Before him are Nick Vujicic (1982), Mark Evans (1956), David Wenham (1965), Helen Reddy (1941), Roger Donaldson (1945), and Morris West (1916). After him are James Aldridge (1918), Germaine Greer (1939), Leo McKern (1920), Anthony Albanese (1963), Jason Clarke (1969), and Travis Fimmel (1979).

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Among MATHEMATICIANS In Australia

Among mathematicians born in Australia, Terence Tao ranks 1. After him are John H. Coates (1945).

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