Terence Tao Scientist

Terence "Terry" Chi-Shen Tao FAA FRS (simplified Chinese: 陶哲轩; traditional Chinese: 陶哲軒; pinyin: Táo Zhéxuān) (born 17 July 1975, Adelaide), is an Australian-American mathematician working in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, additive combinatorics, ergodic Ramsey theory, random matrix theory, and analytic number theory. He currently holds the James and Carol Collins chair in mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles. Tao was a co-recipient of the 2006 Fields Medal and the 2014 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics.

Personal facts

Alias (AKA)	Terry Tao
Birth date	July 17, 1975
Birth place	Adelaide , South Australia
Nationality	Australians United States
Residence	California , Los Angeles
Education	Princeton University Flinders University
Known for	Green–Tao theorem Kakeya set Inequalities in information theory Horn conjecture

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Scientist

awards	Fields Medal Royal Society Clay Research Award Levi L. Conant Prize Crafoord Prize Ostrowski Prize Alan T. Waterman Award George Pólya Prize King Faisal International Prize Australian Mathematical Society Medal SASTRA Ramanujan Prize Onsager Medal Bôcher Memorial Prize Salem Prize Nemmers Prize in Mathematics MacArthur Fellows Program Joseph I. Lieberman Award Simons Foundation Award
doctoral advisor	Elias M. Stein
Field of study	Mathematics