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The world's greatest mathematician explains 6 essential concepts of math | Terence Tao

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Episode The world's greatest mathematician explains 6 essential concepts of math | Terence Tao

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Terence Tao has spent decades solving problems most people can't even state, and he says he's never had a single eureka moment. In this conversation, the UCLA mathematician and Fields Medalist breaks math down to six essential ideas: numbers, algebra, geometry, probability, analysis, and dynamics.

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