Hackernews posts about Terence Tao

Terence Tao is a renowned American mathematician known for his groundbreaking work in harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, and number theory, often referred to as one of the most accomplished mathematicians of his generation.

1. Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video] (www.youtube.com)
   638 points by matthewsinclair 29 days ago | 86 comments
2. Terence Tao on the Navier-Stokes Equations (mathstodon.xyz)
   7 points by aaraujo002 24 days ago | discuss
3. Terence Tao on Breakthrough in finite-time blowups for 3D incompressible Euler (mathstodon.xyz)
   5 points by haxiomic 21 days ago | discuss
4. Terence Tao: Speed in science isn't the same thing as progress [video] (www.youtube.com)
   4 points by gessha 25 days ago | 2 comments
5. Terence Tao: Speed in science isn't the same thing as progress [video] (www.youtube.com)
   4 points by dr_scully 26 days ago | discuss
6. Terence Tao: Protecting math problems from automated solvers (mathstodon.xyz)
   4 points by bertman 26 days ago | discuss
7. Two dire warnings from Terence Tao and from someone who just quit Anthropic (garymarcus.substack.com)
   3 points by nativeit 20 days ago | 1 comments
8. The paradox at the heart of AI and science – Terence Tao [video] (www.youtube.com)
   3 points by lr0 10 days ago | discuss
9. Terence Tao on "Solving Maths Problems Prematurely with AI Methods (mathstodon.xyz)
   3 points by birdculture 23 days ago | discuss
10. Terence Tao: SAIR's Open Math Model Initiative (www.youtube.com)
    2 points by doppp 10 days ago | discuss
11. Terence Tao on Navier-Stokes progress (terrytao.wordpress.com)
    2 points by j-bu 19 days ago | discuss
12. [Terence Tao] Finite time blowup with smooth forcing term for porous medium (terrytao.wordpress.com)
    1 points by user_7832 20 days ago | 1 comments
13. Terence Tao: SAIR's Open Math Model Initiative [video] (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by looofooo0 10 days ago | discuss
14. Interview: Terence Tao on AI (teorth.github.io)
    1 points by JuniperMesos 17 days ago | discuss
15. Terence Tao on the paradox of solving mathematical problems [video] (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by vavooom 18 days ago | discuss
16. Terence Tao – Reflections on the Foundations of Interpretability Workshop (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by twoodfin 21 days ago | discuss
17. Dr Terence Tao – 2026 Frontier and Pioneer Symposium [video] (www.youtube.com)
    1 points by binyu 28 days ago | discuss
18. Terrence Tao: AI Is Teaching Us Something Uncomfortable About Our Own Minds [video] (www.youtube.com)
    18 points by thelastgallon 16 days ago | 11 comments
19. Terrence Tao – AI math solutions hurting the field (mathstodon.xyz)
    4 points by danielmorozoff 22 days ago | discuss
20. Timing Is Everything: The Terrence Tao Effect (nonlineartransform.substack.com)
    1 points by program_whiz 22 days ago | discuss
21. Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample (chatgpt.com)
    1128 points by gmays 2 months ago | 637 comments
22. Terence Tao: The role of small organizations in society has shrunk significantly (mathstodon.xyz)
    1060 points by bertman about 1 year ago | 565 comments
23. Terence Tao, at 8 years old (1984) [pdf] (gwern.net)
    482 points by gurjeet 7 months ago | 326 comments
24. Terence Tao: At the Erdos problem website, AI assistance now becoming routine (mathstodon.xyz)
    311 points by dwohnitmok 10 months ago | 90 comments
25. Terence Tao on the suspension of UCLA grants (mathstodon.xyz)
    280 points by dargscisyhp about 1 year ago | 305 comments
26. Terence Tao: Mathematics in the Age of AI [pdf] (teorth.github.io)
    168 points by Anon84 2 months ago | 64 comments
27. Quanta to publish popular math and physics books by Terence Tao and David Tong (www.simonsfoundation.org)
    133 points by digital55 10 months ago | 35 comments
28. Terence Tao – Machine-Assisted Proofs [video] (www.youtube.com)
    111 points by ipnon over 1 year ago | 31 comments
29. Terence Tao: "It can become more rational to think and act more boldly" (mathstodon.xyz)
    109 points by bertman almost 2 years ago | 63 comments
30. Terence Tao started a YouTube channel (www.youtube.com)
    72 points by yu3zhou4 over 1 year ago | 9 comments
31. Terence Tao: Game theory, politics and control of information (mathstodon.xyz)
    59 points by bertman about 1 year ago | 13 comments
32. Interview with Terence Tao in Barcelona (english.elpais.com)
    56 points by belter almost 2 years ago | 14 comments
33. Terence Tao: Formalizing a proof in Lean using Claude Code [video] (www.youtube.com)
    56 points by helloplanets 7 months ago | 1 comments
34. Terence Tao focused on fundraising after federal funding to UCLA was suspended (www.washingtonpost.com)
    54 points by breve 11 months ago | 17 comments
35. ChatGPT finds an error in Terence Tao's math research
    42 points by codexon 7 months ago | 8 comments
36. NSF suspends nearly 300 UCLA grants (Terence Tao, Plasma Science Facility, etc.) (grant-witness.us)
    36 points by dargscisyhp about 1 year ago | 1 comments
37. Terence Tao – Kepler, Newton, and the true nature of mathematical discovery (www.dwarkesh.com)
    25 points by paulpauper 6 months ago | 1 comments
38. Terence Tao: New Mathematical Workflows – Future of Mathematics (www.youtube.com)
    16 points by tcp_handshaker 5 months ago | 1 comments
39. 'Will you leave US for China?' It depends, mathematician Terence Tao says (www.scmp.com)
    16 points by billybuckwheat about 1 year ago | discuss
40. Terence Tao on how we measure the cosmos – Distance ladder [video] (www.youtube.com)
    15 points by ProAm over 1 year ago | discuss
41. Terence Tao: Solving problems by abstracting away highly relevant information (mathstodon.xyz)
    11 points by bertman almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
42. Terence Tao: Hardest Problems in Mathematics, Physics and the Future of AI (www.youtube.com)
    11 points by doppp over 1 year ago | discuss
43. Terence Tao on how we measure the cosmos, Part 1 [video] (www.youtube.com)
    10 points by vo2maxer over 1 year ago | 2 comments
44. Terence Tao – Machine-Assisted Proofs (February 19, 2025) [video] (www.youtube.com)
    10 points by Bootvis over 1 year ago | discuss
45. Terence Tao – How the top mathematician uses AI [video] (www.youtube.com)
    9 points by binyu about 1 month ago | 1 comments
46. Terence Tao on the Ongoing Process of "Enshittification" (mathstodon.xyz)
    9 points by yo_yo_yo-yo over 1 year ago | discuss
47. Terence Tao makes –$700k at UCLA (twitter.com)
    8 points by paulpauper 8 months ago | 3 comments
48. Terence Tao: My recollections on the early history of compressed sensing (mathstodon.xyz)
    8 points by johnbarron 5 months ago | 2 comments
49. The Music of the Spheres – By Terence Tao and Zack Weinersmith (www.smbc-comics.com)
    8 points by AndrewDucker 6 months ago | discuss
50. Terence Tao:"An extended AI chat helped me answer a MathOverflow question" (mathstodon.xyz)
    7 points by alexcos 12 months ago | 1 comments