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Terence Tao
[Update, Mar 31 2007: Opened this page to comments.]
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31 January, 2017 at 9:17 am
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26 February, 2017 at 12:04 am
IB_Math Analysis
Hi Terry and other users:
“I welcome comments from people with all kinds of mathematical backgrounds and levels of expertise; my only requests are that the discussions are kept constructive, polite, and at least tangentially relevant to the topic at hand. Comments which are spam, self-promoting, off-topic, or otherwise not fulfilling the above requests will be summarily deleted; repeated offenders in this regard may be subject to blocking. In particular, comments devoted primarily to promoting one’s own research are subject to deletion. Also, comments which essentially duplicate previous comments may also be deleted, or used to replace the previous comment, as appropriate. Finally, comments whose sole purpose is to solicit an answer to a homework problem are discouraged, and will be deleted if they are unlikely to lead to any discussion of wider interest. (However, questions inspired by a homework problem, for instance inquiring as to further connections between two mathematical topics connected by such a problem, or questions centred on a very specific technical point in the solution of that problem, are welcome.) Of course, I will not be able to personally respond to all the comments made on this blog.”
Acknowledged.
IB
27 September, 2017 at 4:55 am
Maths student
Dear Prof. Tao,
during the remainder of the holidays I will embark on writing an open source content management software similar to wordpress, but with several features differentiating it from the same.
1) The HTML code will be highly optimized so as to allow slow (but even fast) computers to render the page significantly more quickly
2) In order to insure optimized HTML code, the edit mode will not be a WYSIWYG editor, but rather a JavaScript-powered construction mode, where you have building blocks for each HTML element, with at most some hybrid structure for situations where the HTML structure is very clear
3) There will be made use of code indentation so that the code of the website will be readable
4) The code will be compliant to used standards, so that there will be browser compatibility
5) Special care will be taken so that the website enlarges properly and the screen is properly used
6) Since I intend to use the software, it will from the beginning be designed to support mathematical formulae in LaTeX form
7) I’m thinking about an advanced maths captcha system
Since you’ve run a mathematics blog for a considerable amount of time, I’d be very grateful if you could state features that you felt were indispensible, and post a list of the wordpress add-ons that you use.
I would even be willing to try and implement features that are somewhat non-trivial, but even though I wouldn’t require it, it would probably not take too much time to have maths lectures (perhaps even at a graduate level) videotaped and published, so that they can be watched by mathematicians all over the globe; for instance, Prof. Steve Butler had his calculus course uploaded to YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoVgNE4lKSk&list=PL1BE3027EF549C7D1). I suspect that very many people might be interested in such a thing, and the benefits seem to me to outweigh the costs.
23 October, 2017 at 12:06 am
Maths student
Alright, if you wouldn’t like to answer that’s fine, I just would find it useful for the elicitation of requirements (I’m working (vaguely) according to the waterfall model in accordance with my own aesthetic preferences).
23 October, 2017 at 12:11 am
Maths student
Of course I did move on to more advanced modelling for time reasons.
16 November, 2017 at 11:16 am
IB_Mathematical_Pinion (not pinyin)
A search facility on the this blog must surely be a debatable topic?
https://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Search_Page
It’s the first hit in a google search, this recommendation is coming from a realization that one sometimes needs to refer to a long list of comments and pull out a quote, not necessarily one of Terry’s either, often other users make highly useful contributions to the blog. Not that one is trying to be overly unselfish, three blog posts in one day? That’s pretty selfish.
21 November, 2017 at 12:21 pm
The Minion
I found the search facility in between the most recent comments sections and the articles by others sections, it’s good, must have been there for the blog’s entire existence, a lesson in patience.
16 November, 2017 at 1:08 pm
IB_Mathematical_Minion (not pinyin)
Just related to my words about selfish posting on the blog, I think it’s getting pretty clear that you just have to be yourself on this site, Terry has done a sensational job of organizing it and it is certainly absolutely a terrific concept.
This post relates to the about section because it relates to site use, site users definitely need to feel positive about using the site and free to develop their own senses for the subject, I see the WordPress blog by Terry as his own brilliant way of meeting the demand for his teaching and his work has been efficient and exemplar in meeting that demand and producing a site that is achieving a subtle and significant contribution to the site user’s mathematical experience.
20 November, 2017 at 8:12 am
andy
To whom it may concern,
I was scrolling through the page at “terrytao.wordpress.com/tag/boolean-algebra” and happened to click on a link in the side bar. Under the “Software” heading, the link for “Papers” is currently “http://www.mekentosj.com/papers/”. This is broken and when “papers/” is removed (leaving just http://www.mekentosj.com/), it redirects to “https://www.readcube.com/papers/”.
[Link now deleted – T.]
12 December, 2017 at 6:07 am
Anonymous
dear jenious prof terence”
is age a factor too? for learning maths ,
i have been learning maths since two years and i am 17 years old ,
before that i didn’t know what is(1/2)
i am about to complete single variable calculus now,
and you are an inspiration for me (Y)
22 January, 2018 at 3:01 pm
CryptoMan(tm)
Prof Tao, Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on crypto currencies and some of the maths behind it? e.g page 21 of https://ethereum.github.io/yellowpaper/paper.pdf
Appendix: E.1. zkSNARK Related Precompiled Contracts. We choose two numbers, both of which are prime.
(240) p ≡ 21888242871839275222246405745257275088696311157297823662689037894645226208583
etc. Does it pass the Tao sniff test?
9 March, 2018 at 3:17 am
Akshara
Hi,
For a layman, can you prescribe a list of books/ basic approach to be able to acquire graduate level mathematics on their own?
Do you think that is possible?
I’d love to learn mathematics (among other subjects) for myself, and I’m looking for a way to approach this.
Thanks,
A
9 March, 2018 at 2:33 pm
zgtzsj
It highly depends on your current math level. For me, I would choose a online course and try to follow it to see whether I am interested in it and handle it.
18 March, 2018 at 7:37 am
Siddharth Nayak
Dear prof Tao,
I am a high school student. I have many mathematical concepts like calculus l and ll, trigonometry, complex numbers, etc.
My question is ” how can I understand mathematical equations, i.e, what the equations are saying and how to build the equations logically to get the solution”.
13 May, 2018 at 8:55 am
Anonymous
Dear Professor Tao,
During the course of your mathematics career, have their been any problems that captured your attention more than others? Or did they all hold equal weight for you?
Sincerely,
Jonathan Hasan
13 May, 2018 at 8:56 am
Anonymous
Equal weight in terms of your interest in them.
13 May, 2018 at 11:45 am
Edmond
Hello professor Tao ,
I am planning to participate in the next IMO . I would like to improve my problem solving skills and learn more advanced topics so i can be prepared. What are the books that you can recommend me and are mathematical thinking books an important part for preparation?
16 May, 2018 at 10:16 am
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7 June, 2018 at 4:43 am
Jonathan Joestar
I am high school student student and now preparing for entering university.Is it ok to research math in graduated school when I major other science area?
Also if you do not mind, please tell me what you major in university.
7 June, 2018 at 5:49 am
Jonathan Joestar
Sorry about greeting you.
Dear Pro.Tao
5 September, 2018 at 11:42 pm
Anthony Mudhoka
I am Anthony,a math lover and your greatest fan from Kenya.I am preparing for my A levels.I have always been captivated by patterns in numbers especially primes.There is a question I have always been thinking about but I don’t get a quite satisfactory answer when I search it up.What are the implications if an explicit formula for the nth prime was to be found today?How would it improve our current understanding of math?Would it be accessible to the public since it renders internet security useless?Is to going to be a big feat for humanity or will it be treated just like any other formula?I am looking forward for your answer.
4 December, 2018 at 12:52 pm
Candace French
Hi Terry,
Not sure of how to get ahold of you, except on here.
I am looking to order one of your books. Can you recommend which one would be best, for someone who is really into prime numbers?
It is a Christmas present and is it possible to have you autograph it?
Thanks so much!
Candace
11 January, 2019 at 11:02 am
Artur (@ArturTweeting)
Dear Professor Tao,
Now that many mathematicians and math bloggers are on Twitter (including Professor Gowers who has recently started tweeting as @wtgowers), do you consider joining Twitter as well?
Many thanks in advance for the response.
29 May, 2019 at 3:44 pm
Sebastian Hellman
Hello Mr Tao,
Thank you for your great work and efforts during you career.
I work on the subject how to accelerate the development of new mathematics and mathematical physics.
If you where given the task to go as fast as possible from 7th grade level of math to 9th grade level how would you do?
In what time do you think or know it has been done?
The same question from 9th grade to 2nd year undergraduate level/start of the second year at the University-level?
If you just wanted to be a good student at that level as fast as possible from the 9th grade level how would you do?
It would be terrific if you found the time for a reply.
Thank you from Sweden and from Sebastian and my friend Marsha.
25 June, 2019 at 2:23 am
Hung Tran
Hello Terence, I’m looking for an expert on the Riemann Hypothesis. I’d like to get in touch, if you’d like.
25 June, 2019 at 12:25 pm
Anonymous
Hi Prof. Tran,
It may be harder to get an expert to review your purported proof of RH than to prove RH. Good luck!
I downloaded a copy of your proof… Thanks! And I am certain RH is true!
26 June, 2019 at 7:57 am
Anonymous
Nature is a grand optimizer, and therefore, one and only one critical line, Re(z) = 1/2, (the Riemann Hypothesis), is enough to define all primes and all nontrivial zeros of the Riemann Zeta Function. Hmm. Do you agree?
17 August, 2019 at 9:39 am
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12 September, 2019 at 9:32 pm
John
Dear Professor Terence Tao,
I am a massive fan of yours. I am an average electrical engineering student hoping to improve his math abilities by getting into visualization techniques, and I was wondering, what do you see when you close your eyes and visualize mathematics? Do you see a tree-like structure, do you see lots of colors (like Richard Feynmann seeing lots of symbols enshrouded in colors), or do you see a memory palace? Or do you see something completely different? And how do you actively review these memories so you don’t forget them?
~With Warmest Regards,
John
12 September, 2019 at 10:50 pm
Answer
Here is your answer:
15 September, 2019 at 1:54 pm
Bob Copeland
I read your conditions for comment but I thought I’d take a chance anyway. I’ve accidentally discovered how Tesla’s(9) theory of numbers can classify all the numbers from zero to infinity into groups, strings, fields, quantum time lines & rotation. I’m not highly educated from your viewpoint & abilities, but sometimes the fickle finger of fate flicks something mathematically profound into the most stupid places to the most stupidly qualified. If you want to take a chance or flyer just contact me or anyone else for that matter at bcope16@hotmail.com.
14 October, 2019 at 6:01 pm
Ali Sada
Hi Prof. Tao,
Is the algorithm below connected to your work on the Collatz Conjuncture? It was tested for 1.2 * 10^6.
1. pick an integer n>0
2. If n is even, divide by 2. If n is odd, find the least perfect square m2 greater then n and add m2+n.
3. Repeat step 2. with either n/2 or n+m2
The conjecture is this algorithm will always terminate at a 1 or an 11. Why do 1 and 11 appear? Is there anything significant about the number of “termination points” (here, just 1 and 11, so 2 termination points.)?
Generalization: The algorithm seems to terminate for all n when replacing the least perfect square greater than n with the greatest perfect square less than n. It also seems to terminate when square is replaced by any power.
Best,
Ali Sada
15 October, 2019 at 3:23 am
Anonymous
The least perfect square greater than
is at most
which (by a simple probabilistic model) implies a negative drift for the logarithm of the orbits, thereby indicating the possibility of proving that almost all orbits are bounded.
25 November, 2019 at 6:12 pm
Sharath Mathew
Dear professor Tao, I need your input on this math problem.
I was wondering if you could help me as everyone I seem to bring this mathematical problem to can’t seem to understand it or what I’m talking about. So here it is: with regards to linear congruential generator and middle square algorithm I am missing four components to the equation. What are they? The equation is simple. If you google LCG you will be able to see which equation I’m talking about. I need a seed. A multiplier. A increment. As well as a modulus. The equation is as follow: Xn+1= [(x*a)+c]modm
In the above equation I don’t know how to type subset so it is x subset n plus 1 (not x multiplied by n plus one).
From these pools of numbers three have a single number pulled from a pseudorandom number generator. Without knowing the seed (starting number), multiplier(A), increment(C), or the modulus(M) how will I know what number is to be pulled out of the blank spots 1,5 & 6? Is it possible to figure out these missing variables using the given numbers; 28,021, 48,124, & 64,869? So can you find out what is the next number in this sequence? It’s supposed to be unpredictable but was made from a deterministic computer. Meaning a number such as 64,869 was a result of the number previous to that number being used in that same equation which was 48,124. If so, please tell me how you did it and lay out the steps you took.
The numbers given to me are as follows:
1—-00,000-16,339
2—-16,340-32,678 28,021
3—-32,679-49,017 48,124
4—-49,018-65,356 64,869
5—-65,357-81,695
6—-81,696-98,036
Kindest regards,
Sharath 281-995-5091(c)
Remyzale@yahoo.com
8 April, 2020 at 12:27 pm
Steven Hsu
Dear Professor Tao,
I learnt about your existence from a Youtube video that popped up in my feed at random.
Compared to you, I am light years away in terms of my math skills.
I’ve never been good at math because I always had a hard time understanding the questions asked – especially the written ones. It’s just hard to visualize – especially when they started throwing in symbols on top of verbal questions.
My math level as of right now is probably no higher than grade 10-11 since after highschool, I went straight into the Fine Arts in university.
I always thought perhaps my brain was wired differently since birth.
Math has always been something I looked at with much curiosity and interest, but it was just very alien to me. I did suffer from ADHD and depression during my earlier years in education so this could be one of the reasons I had a hard time focusing in my math classes as well. Sorry for going off topic here.
I’m not exactly young – currently 35 – but I do feel I still have maybe some brain left to casually learn math on my own time. Just something I feel I want to prove to myself that I could at least understand the nature of mathematics beyond the elementary arithmetics.
One thing I’ve always done reasonably well in math, however, was in geometry. I suppose the direct visuals helped. My poorest results were direct equations – in particular long equations. Perhaps poor memory…
Professor Tao, do you have any kind of books that you could recommend to me for situations such as this?
Thank you for your time!
– Steven H.
14 April, 2020 at 11:05 pm
Daniel
Dear Steven,
I can relate to your journey.
I am 36 this year. We can perhaps collaborate on something to get your mathematics discovery journey going.
You can reach me at
dctogoaustralia2011@gmail.com
Daniel
1 June, 2020 at 3:56 pm
Anonymous
assuming is it possible to see Corona virus with our eyes ( without the help of a microscope ) how can you kill the virus if it is impossible for the virus to survive around the sun surface.
use the knowledge of physics and mathematics to prove your result.
10 June, 2020 at 11:04 pm
{RCRISTO - Tecnologia e Informação}
Dear Tao,
in my studies of mathematics, I find empty space as the source of everything we can imagine and represent, especially in mathematics. What is your opinion in this regard. Are all spaces born empty?
Thank you for your attention.
8 August, 2020 at 9:01 pm
aaron
Use boinc. Designed by Berkeley. Design a project to run the numbers for you. Thousands of people will download it and all their computers will be pumping out results to you. That’s what they designed it for. It was originally designed just for SETI but now its used for climate change projects, health research, etc. Check it out.
Boinc.berkeley.edu
Mass computing for science.
14 August, 2020 at 4:18 am
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1 October, 2020 at 1:25 pm
Anonymous
There are lots of places suddenly showing “formula does not parse”. The display of some equations is distorted. Is there anyone who knows what is going on?
11 February, 2021 at 11:14 am
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16 February, 2021 at 12:53 pm
Elliot
My theory for Math is that the most part of advanced concepts are lies, and you need to discover by yourself how the things works.
16 February, 2021 at 1:56 pm
Thomas Eninberg
It’s really, the most people don’t know how the first humans reached the division count, and it’s very interesting :D
7 March, 2021 at 6:40 am
DT
Hi Prof. Tao, I found that your Problem Solving book has been uploaded as a PDF at
Click to access solving-mathematical-problems-terence-tao.pdf
Are you ok with people using this?
6 June, 2021 at 5:39 pm
Charles Collupy
I built a Prime Number & Factor Machine
How can I Help?
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/x1p87euik1
Cheers
15 June, 2021 at 4:10 pm
Benjamin Mirad Gurini
Hello Terence,
I like the Collatz Conjecture too. In my attempt at finding some sort of pattern, I have been (thankfully) introduced to many other amazing conjectures.
Most of these revolve around primes.
Seeing that primes have so many amazing properties, I can’t help but wonder; Why are primes made? What are the underlying “glitches” or properties of integers, such that these primes, and their subsequent patterns I made?
I understand, that this is essentially what all proofs are working towards. But do we have any general idea why primes are so weird? And could they potentially be linked to the other number types, just in a way we haven’t figured out?
18 September, 2021 at 7:57 pm
Viki Esther Chang
Hi Terence, just wondering if you would like to come onto my podcast for an Interview on Education, 20mins, Regards, Viki Esther, Singapore-France
https://youtube.com/channel/UCqS436JuhIepBK8lF7VibEA
19 September, 2021 at 7:00 pm
Anonymous
if i have a nice solution for your 8-4-2-1 problem or whatever collatz problem were can i send it to?! also copyright only me dont want my shit stolen! to give u a hint it really is simple u just use higher dimesional thinking in like using earths rotation for tracking time meters or lightspeed! just define c max, meter and 1 second and u will be able to find your problem with physics! very paradox! so what i can offer is using (24x60x60) – (23 x 56 x 4) = 81248
prefection reality
to help u 8 is like 180degrees eight infinity 1-2-4-8 is your collatz prob cos the rotation difference between you and your primne universe is off! ending in increase of enthropy immediate shutdown or lockdown and complete chaos systeme failure !
19 September, 2021 at 7:01 pm
greg matterhorn
if i have a nice solution for your 8-4-2-1 problem or whatever collatz problem were can i send it to?! also copyright only me dont want my shit stolen! to give u a hint it really is simple u just use higher dimesional thinking in like using earths rotation for tracking time meters or lightspeed! just define c max, meter and 1 second and u will be able to find your problem with physics! very paradox! so what i can offer is using (24x60x60) – (23 x 56 x 4) = 81248
prefection reality
to help u 8 is like 180degrees eight infinity 1-2-4-8 is your collatz prob cos the rotation difference between you and your primne universe is off! ending in increase of enthropy immediate shutdown or lockdown and complete chaos systeme failure !
26 February, 2022 at 8:56 am
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23 April, 2022 at 2:37 am
cai
i have a question all the time.that’s how a mathematician learn and do math?and how hight level they reach?for example,seven
Theorems of continuity of real numbers,can
they easily prove them pairwise?are these kept in their mind?whether they think mathematical analysis and linear algebra and so on are too easy?how could i learn math well?could you answer me?thank you!
19 May, 2022 at 2:31 pm
Juan Marchionatto
Prof. Tao,
I am an amateur mathematician who worked on the Collatz conjecture for the last 15 years. I think I have a demonstration, but I have not been able to publish it on arXiv or any other site to have it somehow registered before exposing it for comments, because, not being related to a university, I haven’t been able to get an endorsement.
Would you endorse me at arXiv so I can publish my solution there?
Of course, I would send it to you before, at your request.
Thank you in advance.
2 September, 2022 at 11:19 am
Parker
Hi Terrence,
Recently, I noticed you were working on finding conditions of the Navier-Stokes equations that would lead to singularities of a fluid. A connection I made is that special solutions to the EFEs can predict that spacetime can produce a singularity (inside a black hole). We’ve taken pictures of black holes so we know they exist in nature (though we’re not exactly sure what they physically are). What is needed is a model that represents a medium as discrete symbolic objects that can eveolve to exhibit complex behavior.
Currently, a bright mathematical physics post-doc at the University of Cambridge by the name of Jonathan Gorard is working in direct collaboration with others extending work done by Stephen Wolfram, working on the mathematical formalization of a hypergraph rewriting system which in the mathematical limit exhibits GR and QM behavior. This model of physics and mathematics utilizaes category theory computational techniwues.
I think you would be extremely beneficial member of their team and would give credibility to their work. The model is called “The Wolfram Physics Project”.
Thanks for reading.
15 October, 2022 at 11:52 am
porton
Can anyone recommend a (third) good math blog like one of Tao or Gowers?
I have a math blog (now inactive laying in an archive file to better times, due to lack of money). My blog may be interesting but only if somebody wants to dive deep into my research. But for a “lay mathematician” it is therefore not interesting in most its parts. I ask for a blog that may be interesting for “lay mathematicians” (unlike for example my blog).
15 October, 2022 at 11:55 am
porton
I ask you to take action (sic!) regarding actions of ordered semigroups (and more generally actions of ordered precategories):
The most appropriate action is to create such a new math journal where publishing such things would be possible (debug the buffer overflow). Alternatively, you can help me with my site https://science.vporton.name to raise its prestige.
27 November, 2022 at 9:22 pm
J
Hi Prof. Tao,
I don’t know if you would find this particularly interesting. However, I just saw it and was hypothesizing how I could use math to explain the phenomenon. A selection of four choices was provided in a Twitter pole, and each choice had the same answer. I expected the answers to be equally distributed between each choice. However, when observing the results, I find a logarithmic-like distribution from the answers. I thought it was mathematically neat. I didn’t know the best way to message you, but I thought you might find it interesting. Here is the link: https://gyazo.com/004d51964e780f8641985da945044489
J