Paul Erdös with a young Terence Tao back in 1985



Terence Chi-Shen Tao is an Australian and American mathematician widely regarded as one of the greatest living mathematicians.
Terence Tao stated that mathematics is not about numbers, equations, computations, or algorithms, but rather about understanding.
Terence Tao, a mathematics professor at UCLA, is a Fields Medalist and MacArthur Fellow. Born in Adelaide, Australia, to parents from Hong Kong, he has been called the “Mozart of Math.” His fascination with mathematics…