Math gold medalist talks about the art of math

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
  • James Tao, a senior at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, won a gold medal competing for Team USA at the International Mathematics Olympiad this summer.

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  • @Chaosdude341
    @Chaosdude341 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1302

    "Being a nerd doesn't make you unique -- it just gives you more things to talk about." That was next level.

    • @ladasodaexplains3355
      @ladasodaexplains3355 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      and that's why I've mistakenly made everyone in school think i'm the smartest person in the school...

    • @brian8614
      @brian8614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that was deep

    • @AkshatSinghania
      @AkshatSinghania 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@RAM-nm4fo Yes but we wont protest 🥳🥳🥳🎉🎉

    • @leif1075
      @leif1075 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ladasodaexplains3355 why is what?

    • @leif1075
      @leif1075 ปีที่แล้ว

      Being a need csn you make younunqie..nothing necessarily wrong with that. .

  • @Kirralee09
    @Kirralee09 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1007

    The level of self awareness on this dude is off the charts. respect

    • @williamjames2086
      @williamjames2086 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      KillaLee0908 how

    • @MrBlues113
      @MrBlues113 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Just because he knew he was a nerd. Sad.

    • @alephnull4044
      @alephnull4044 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      'Self-awareness'? He's not a robot lol.

    • @foxface04
      @foxface04 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *Top10 smartest anime character*

    • @misse2359
      @misse2359 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      For whom doesnt understand the comment :
      for example, he thinks about the process of how the solution of a problem cliks in his consciousness

  • @teddyscribner4742
    @teddyscribner4742 6 ปีที่แล้ว +480

    The artist calls his work mathematical and the mathematician calls his work an art.

    • @OlatundeAdegbola
      @OlatundeAdegbola 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      So true. Artists want us to know their work is logical and mathematicians want us to know their work is creative.

    • @particle4rts
      @particle4rts 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      well said. well said

    • @Philover
      @Philover ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@OlatundeAdegbolawhen in fact noone has to say anything and just do what they want to do without justifying it by calling it creative, logical or what have you. So many mathematicians talk about aesthetics, art, beauty etc when in fact these are things philosophers talk about. It's like they feel the burdain to explain everything there is to be explained and cannot leave something unexplained.

    • @OlatundeAdegbola
      @OlatundeAdegbola ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Philover Thanks for sharing. 👌👌

    • @ducgia1493
      @ducgia1493 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They overlap actually. You teach math with no art, you just teach numb.

  • @abhijitharakali
    @abhijitharakali 10 ปีที่แล้ว +138

    Congratulations to James Tao for securing gold medals twice at IMO! Very few mortals have been able to accomplish what he has accomplished. I feel very humbled to know about achievements of people like James.

  • @dabig_guy2204
    @dabig_guy2204 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    "I realized..that being a nerd does not really make you unique, it just gives you more things to talk about" ; Very true.

  • @manamritsingh969
    @manamritsingh969 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Watching this video enlightened within me once again the reason why I do math - it's not just to follow along the logic. It's to develop that deep rooted all pervasive understanding where everything you have studied so far just comes together to make a collective sense because it's all related. Thanks once again. I needed that

  • @SasapessoS
    @SasapessoS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The single most important thing about math is what he said:"'Well, early on I figured out that it (math) isn't all logic. What was keeping me from understanding it wasn't somehow that I couldn't follow the logic because I could. What was keeping me from understanding it was somehow these ideas were so different, so new. Realizing that it wasn't all about the logic but rather about a creative process."

  • @user-eb6mn3dw1v
    @user-eb6mn3dw1v 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    The guy is really catching my vibe, I was also fascinated about that mystical, at first glance, process in the brain that takes you from not being able to solve a problem to solving it. Amazing!

  • @ranjitprasad2155
    @ranjitprasad2155 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Tao (Terence + James ) = two exceptionally gifted mathematicians .

    • @danielparra9271
      @danielparra9271 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are they brothers?

    • @ranjitprasad2155
      @ranjitprasad2155 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@danielparra9271 don't know , but I don't think so

    • @andilouis8770
      @andilouis8770 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@danielparra9271both are overseas chinese

    • @ducgia1493
      @ducgia1493 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha. Sort of

  • @solventwitch
    @solventwitch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The ubiquity of "Tao" in mathematics should be called a *Tao*-tology

  • @actuallyarjun
    @actuallyarjun 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    he literally said "maybe the real art of math was the friends we made along the way"😭

  • @lowereastsideastrologist7769
    @lowereastsideastrologist7769 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    This guy is pure genius.

  • @ralphschraven339
    @ralphschraven339 7 ปีที่แล้ว +206

    A gifted mathematician who happens to also be extraordinarily eloquent shares with us his perspective on mathematics and, in particular, competitive maths such as the IMO. I think it's very telling of the TH-cam community that all that people can come up with in response to this is "OMG! He made a blunder by using circular reasoning!" or "His last name is Tao, just like _Terence_ Tao! LOL!"
    Come on folks, we can do better than this. He's one of the few people that can very well describe why so many people that get started on "actual" (i.e. not bland high school level) mathematics get hooked on it. Judging from the current state of mathematical education in the Western world, I'd say we need more people like him to carefully explain this to us and motivate people to get into maths.

    • @clareeirendale4900
      @clareeirendale4900 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ralph Schraven jjkk

    • @izzyexplains8620
      @izzyexplains8620 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      He’s not a mathematician, he’s a high school student. There’s nothing wrong with pointing out he made a mistake. And, yes there are a lot of dumb comments. This is TH-cam; what did you expect?

  • @beergaucho2
    @beergaucho2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Holy moly, he’s a high school student?!?!?

  • @cryto-alex5869
    @cryto-alex5869 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This is a remarkable coincidence that James has the same last name as Terence Tao who is probably the greatest mathematician alive today (from UCLA)

    • @bbsara0146
      @bbsara0146 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      a lot of asians have the same last name mate.

  • @DesBatt7
    @DesBatt7 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I resonate so much with the message in the former part of this video! I agree 100% that math is a kind of art form and geometry encapsulates this idea.

  • @sciencemadeeasy7284
    @sciencemadeeasy7284 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Eye opening speech, sir.
    I am giving a math contest tomorrow.
    Respect.

  • @gerjaison
    @gerjaison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This guy is talking about pure maths, an equivalent to fine art, which is an art.
    Good luck with his career, hopefully all these mathematicians achieve something extraordinary, ie millennium problems.

  • @Pleaseunderstand
    @Pleaseunderstand 8 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    I'm fascinated listening to the art of math while I observe the art of my own stupidity.

    • @Wild4lon
      @Wild4lon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      New Age Retro Hippie Relatable. Aka I used to be good at maths until A levels...

    • @janisstrods4404
      @janisstrods4404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If you acknowledge your own stupidity you are not really that stupid. Stupid people usually overestimate their abilities, I believe that's called the Dunning-Kruger effect.

    • @kasajizo8963
      @kasajizo8963 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janisstrods4404 not true. Stupid people who fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger Effect just don't have enough experience to be able to realise their own stupidity. Most stupid people would know that they're stupid and admit it. Just because they said they are stupid doesn't mean they are actually intelligent. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. In my experience stupid people are more insecure about their intelligence while smart people are arrogance and full of ego.

    • @janisstrods4404
      @janisstrods4404 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kasajizo8963 "Stupid people who fall victim to the Dunning-Kruger Effect just don't have enough experience to be able to realize their own stupidity" Mostly untrue(emphasis on mostly and not all the time), it's not that they don't have enough experience it is that they are unwilling to take up that experience, in other words ignorance and the effect go hand in hand.
      "Most stupid people would know that they're stupid and admit it" Also highly debatable, it's usually the not so dumb people, embarrassed that they not know one specific thing, that were to call themselves stupid, the people that are the dumbest are more than likely the most ignorant.
      "Just because they said they are stupid doesn't mean they are actually intelligent" I never implied that, I said that he is not really that dumb(as he believes).
      "In my experience stupid people are more insecure about their intelligence while smart people are arrogant and full of ego" You have to admit that nowadays in most people's cases it's quite the opposite. Dumb people can't shut up about how "able" or "cool" they are and the smart people are full of doubt(again MOST not all, there are plenty of people using dumber people for their personal gain).
      TL;DR
      Most people from whom the effect can be observed are unable to pick up on their stupidity not because of inexperience but because of ignorance. They so deep up in their butt that they show a surprised pikachu face when things go wrong.

    • @kasajizo8963
      @kasajizo8963 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@janisstrods4404 trust me, when smart people meet other smart people, they start to act arrogant and condescending in order to prove their intelligence and intimidate their rivals. I know this because I go to a grammar school. Intellectuals don't tend to boast towards non-intellectuals; they simply don't need to because they know that they are smarter. That's why you think that smart people are always humble and reserved. On the inside, they are actually full of ego, and they are definitely not doubtful. They know how smart they are because of all their academic achievements.

  • @Lazlo.
    @Lazlo. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I was probably at a couple math competitions in high school with him. Pretty cool.

  • @orphica5739
    @orphica5739 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I couldn’t have expressed it as well, but this is exactly how I feel about math and art and the “art of math”

  • @kennytheripper2526
    @kennytheripper2526 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Son of Terence Tao !
    Brother you are lucky to get guidance from a guy like him.

  • @robertschlesinger1342
    @robertschlesinger1342 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Very inspiring video about a very promising math student.

  • @klsar1
    @klsar1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +379

    Can someone give me aspirin please

    • @Reds_Garage
      @Reds_Garage 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +klsar1 LMAO how did i get here

    • @MrBiyi
      @MrBiyi 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      kslar1 i know right jeez only need a above average not the whole thing but good for him none the less

    • @indiangirlreacts696
      @indiangirlreacts696 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      same pass me some aspirin as well

    • @sanjaydixit1121
      @sanjaydixit1121 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go nd buy😂

    • @nikhilnirmal7772
      @nikhilnirmal7772 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      klsar1 must watch channel Nikhil
      Nirmal Geometry Theorem of
      18°72°90°

  • @prabhakarkumar9590
    @prabhakarkumar9590 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Maths has always fascinated me..✌

  • @DP-vg3fq
    @DP-vg3fq 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love this guy. The words he produces are used to only expose facts. Totally worth listening to.

  • @Maslacak1985
    @Maslacak1985 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    in mathematics obviously you need to have Tao surname :)

  • @yes6087
    @yes6087 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    the thumbnail already makes me nervous

  • @CodeRevolution
    @CodeRevolution 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Inspiring... Well said!

  • @idiosinkrazijske.rutine
    @idiosinkrazijske.rutine 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great way of thinking about things.

  • @RiemannFender
    @RiemannFender 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Being a nerd does not make you unique, it just gives you more things to talk by about"...

  • @Riiisuu
    @Riiisuu 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is what everyone should think about math, it’s beautiful.

  • @dianachow6806
    @dianachow6806 9 ปีที่แล้ว +143

    It is so fortunate to be gifted with anything...

    • @vicachcoup
      @vicachcoup 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      +Diana Chow
      We all have some gift. For some it is not as obvious or demonstrable

    • @madhavgopakumar8597
      @madhavgopakumar8597 7 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      vicachcoup
      Not really, most people are better at some things than others, but that does not mean we are gifted at it

    • @theorist-qx4vz
      @theorist-qx4vz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +55

      +Diana Chow
      Maybe, maybe it's a gift.
      Or maybe some people just don't try hard enough.

    • @str8upbonkersgaylover332
      @str8upbonkersgaylover332 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Gifts do not exist. Cognition allows you to succeed in anything. Talent is a myth, genes exist

    • @Chillo56
      @Chillo56 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      theorist199791 That’s not always the case, especially with math. Not every kid is able to do say theoretical physics at age 13, only the genetically gifted can. If it was down to hard work, a lot more people would be engineers/physicists.

  • @MathTutoringHelp
    @MathTutoringHelp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Cool he thought about math as a tautology. That’s deep because it makes it trivial but math also is profound.

  • @dr.kennethspeers8014
    @dr.kennethspeers8014 8 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    If a implies b and b implies c then a implies c, but it is not necessary that c implies a.........

    • @llsaiah
      @llsaiah 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +JR H (JRHoflife) You are correct. I think he was trying to illustrate a tautology but instead wound up giving an example of circular reasoning.

    • @MrWwoww123
      @MrWwoww123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      JR H a=b ,b=c, a=c.. a=a

    • @dr.kennethspeers8014
      @dr.kennethspeers8014 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      a implies b, b implies c. not equality.

    • @mathsgenius9065
      @mathsgenius9065 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      x>1 ,x>0 x>-1 but x>-1 not implies ×>1

    • @izzyexplains8620
      @izzyexplains8620 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yokuda if b is a subset of a that means a implies b, and c is a subset of b that means b implies c, then c is a subset of a, which means a implies c. But he accidentally said c implies a which is not necessarily true. For example: I’m in downtown Baltimore which implies I’m in Baltimore which implies I’m in Maryland. However, just because I’m in Maryland does not mean I’m in downtown Baltimore.

  • @happbe1552
    @happbe1552 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing! I asked my son how he sees math after this video? " PUZZLE."

  • @somanathdash8143
    @somanathdash8143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    He is so true about mathematics

  • @gnamp
    @gnamp 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "I'm resorting to math in order to find a way to increase the angle my jaw can open."

  • @sonofagunM357
    @sonofagunM357 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    There is art to math, I was looking for this video

  • @victorrocha8907
    @victorrocha8907 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's not about the size of your tool, it's about how you use it.

  • @eggs2627
    @eggs2627 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Like his Humility

  • @BRIGHTENGINEERSACADEMY
    @BRIGHTENGINEERSACADEMY 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job sir...

  • @russeldioneo5187
    @russeldioneo5187 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Huh I just found two math geniuses, that both has the name Tao, Heres James Tao, and one of the smartest person in the world Terence Tao. Holy shit they look similar too.

  • @ignantxxxninja
    @ignantxxxninja 8 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    it's not a problem unless it can't be solved

    • @Talpykaze
      @Talpykaze 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      it sure is a problem to try and solve something you cant solve

    • @steve.T.
      @steve.T. 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hoony K. so wat is it then

    • @ignantxxxninja
      @ignantxxxninja 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steve's Channel
      a situation figured out

    • @morgengabe1
      @morgengabe1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ***
      It's not a problem unless it hasn't been solved.

    • @trime547
      @trime547 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +morgengabe1
      Still wrong.
      "It is not an unsolved problem, if it has already been solved."

  • @danielmafileo4078
    @danielmafileo4078 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I want to have a mathematical mind because I know mathematics is one of the important subject in the universe, understanding how the world works like physician do. thanks man

  • @alhassani626
    @alhassani626 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    "..somehow something doesn't click until it does.."

  • @anrybale3634
    @anrybale3634 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    im still watching it in 2015

  • @user-hd9du7yk3w
    @user-hd9du7yk3w 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I am processing maths I start to speak like a maniac and the people get scarred.

  • @wongawonga1000
    @wongawonga1000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Isn't it interesting how even abstract topics such as maths that have no existence beyond the human mind can, with sufficient development, generate a beauty all of their own. It seems to me that beauty is not found within the individual building blocks. Rather, it is found when observing the building blocks come together as a whole. For example, there is little beauty to be found in a block of quarried sandstone that has just been blasted from the side of a cliff. If however thousands of these blocks are given to a group of stone masons, they can be carved and put together to create cathedral.
    You might say that beauty, both in the physical and cognitive worlds, is an emergent property. It is created when many individual elements come together to form an entity that is greater than the sum of its parts. That is, it transcends itself. This point of transcendence forms the boundary between science and religion.

  • @Holexification
    @Holexification 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    His definition and love of geometry is so close to mine, my favourite piece of math has always been deductive geometry, in particular circle geometry.

    • @vladbcom
      @vladbcom 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Holexification likewise :)

    • @Darkenedbyshadows
      @Darkenedbyshadows 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Holexification Number Theory ftw!

    • @dineshjagai
      @dineshjagai 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aristarchus of Samos geometry is what shapes my life.

    • @PieceOfCandyPS
      @PieceOfCandyPS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i like turtles

    • @rustyshackelford4613
      @rustyshackelford4613 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You guys have some mental problems ,this shit is boring af

  • @ajcent8905
    @ajcent8905 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    He can solve all maths problems

  • @vector8310
    @vector8310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Too many people in these comments are stuck in the propositional calculus when criticizing Tao's statement that a-->b-->c-->a. To avoid joining the lemmings, familiarize yourself with the concept of a cyclic and linear group in Group Theory and modular arithmetic. A little information, imagination and ambition can go a long way toward recognizing the knee-jerk ignorance below for what it is.

  • @venkateshbabu5623
    @venkateshbabu5623 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    When you do integral or differential it has so many meanings. It can be space it can be time it can be angels it can be acceleration in physical structures. Structure is what is mostly created by integral.

    • @venkateshbabu5623
      @venkateshbabu5623 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Angles is related to spin and energy transfer.

    • @venkateshbabu5623
      @venkateshbabu5623 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mass time space etc are relative integral of dimensions.

    • @venkateshbabu5623
      @venkateshbabu5623 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Numbers of relative integrals with respect to primes are the structure of the cosmos.

  • @seeker4430
    @seeker4430 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Tao of math

    • @peiyiliu1151
      @peiyiliu1151 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Terry Tao, James Tao

  • @Googler-nz2sh
    @Googler-nz2sh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think that most of us can solve any of difficult math problems with the right perspective. So, first thing first, set up the mindset.

    • @Googler-nz2sh
      @Googler-nz2sh 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like
      - it's just we can "find ideas" to get the solution in just some steps
      - when i was in hs, i am more focus on any else, then realized in college that i can do such an easy geometry problem with 2 simple ideas. It might be an illusion, but it's a good start to do more.
      - (updating)
      (Will be updated)

  • @shakirahsanromeo7863
    @shakirahsanromeo7863 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Same things can be said for Programming Contests :-)

  • @saifahmedyassen3725
    @saifahmedyassen3725 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    iam too scared to continue this

  • @oedihamijok6504
    @oedihamijok6504 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    SO MANY TAO'S .... TERENCE TAO... SEDRICK TAO....

  • @a2zfactz678
    @a2zfactz678 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The approach to a problem on which many diff. concepts and techniques can be applied in a many diff. ways simultaneously is more likely to be worked out than those problems who do not satisfy this symmetry. It depends on the solver experience and training to build the simplest possible approach with less entropy and more symmetry.

  • @goldbaker94
    @goldbaker94 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "do math" in Peter Griffin's voice

  • @RB-xf4fe
    @RB-xf4fe 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Add some more videos please.

  • @abhijitsen7749
    @abhijitsen7749 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This video will go over the head of Kota IIT aspirants.

    • @user09832
      @user09832 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No it will not. Almost all the gold medalist of the country at some point prepares for Advanced. They're smart unlike you

  • @friedrichfermi6559
    @friedrichfermi6559 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i'll become this guy when i grow up

  • @colorcreme5185
    @colorcreme5185 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    good points, math is art

  • @ScholarStream_25
    @ScholarStream_25 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    All Tao's are smart 👍

  • @globaldigitaldirectsubsidi4493
    @globaldigitaldirectsubsidi4493 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Opportunities to do good and bring on the consciousness of the great mystery that lies hidden in math are different from opportunities to achieve power. "Don´t become a man of success, try to be a man of value."

  • @hoogmonster
    @hoogmonster 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Nerdosity Co-efficient was off scale here. Nice...

  • @fsmobilecinematography6708
    @fsmobilecinematography6708 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There must be someone behind anyone's success. It may be mother or father.

  • @scammedbygov
    @scammedbygov 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    2,777.78 (converted from cm to inches) 1,110

  • @happyman
    @happyman 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    another math genius tao

  • @inciandmaths6317
    @inciandmaths6317 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am interested in Math too.I can't say l am good at Maths. But l love Maths so much. I love find Maths secrets and solve hard questions. Like Pisagor, l believe "Everything have a mathematical answers" . Thats true. I am so happy we have like this people love maths. Pls move on and learn all maths secrets.

  • @yourfriend_
    @yourfriend_ 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How to become a great mathematician in 4 easy steps :
    Step 1 : Change your last name to Tao
    Step 2 : Do math
    Step 3 : ????
    Step 4 : Profit

  • @siddharthabiswas2147
    @siddharthabiswas2147 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is just like my son ,he had aspergers too

  • @instinct022
    @instinct022 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I studied 13 hours a day for 2 weeks for a final. After the final was over it was just respect to all those people that went higher than me. I just have a BSCS Minor in Math. Respect to all those higher than that..

    • @mikemer79
      @mikemer79 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Shame in you

    • @instinct022
      @instinct022 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      mikemer79 don't be jealous. .appreciate..

    • @reza4975
      @reza4975 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +instinct022
      It's a nice gesture to be appreciative; however, be greedy when it comes to grades.
      Both my Aunt's finished their master's thesis in Electronics engineering at the university of Cambridge, and they studied their asses off.
      I can recall them studying up to 18 hours a day, 6 months prior to their exam. However, they had a lot of competition.

    • @instinct022
      @instinct022 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +It is I I'm first generation in USA and first generation in college which means..just tutor help and loans..USA citizen..sadly my teacher gave me c for a 79.2 for a Calc III class in summer..I fought it..grades were average b n c's some a's...i fought all the way up to get the bachelors with ok English language ..i respect all major but some are more difficult than others..it depends on each human being how we perceive things..chemistry or biology are hard too..Medical field it ain't easy too..

  • @santiagorestrepo5458
    @santiagorestrepo5458 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Don't receive the hate from this gents, in words of Isaac Asimov “There is a common cult of ignorance, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life" stay strong, focus on science. Great dialogue man

  • @jastid5294
    @jastid5294 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is that guy from good will hunting

  • @wojak6793
    @wojak6793 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol I saw this video before but I didn’t realize he went to IMSA until I saw the IMSA archives

  • @BarriosGroupie
    @BarriosGroupie 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    But can he do the Vulcan salute?

  • @mikerousi443
    @mikerousi443 6 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    *QUICKMATHS*
    sorry somebody had to say it

  • @FezileNkuna
    @FezileNkuna 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    So to be a Tao means you're a math genius? Is this the next Terrence Tao?

    • @ujjwalrana5899
      @ujjwalrana5899 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fezile Nkuna if this is so then i m jealous that i m not a tao

    • @applecake122
      @applecake122 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Perhaps a scholar family, like the Bernoullis.

    • @doubled5659
      @doubled5659 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Im tao

    • @bassam4153
      @bassam4153 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In filipino language tao= person

  • @ryanchiang9587
    @ryanchiang9587 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    121 / 11 - 6 = 5

    • @shifta7726
      @shifta7726 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sir i wonder if this person could do very well in iit jee advanced exam im curious pls help me crack this thought

    • @GG-el5te
      @GG-el5te 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@shifta7726 in the history of India, there were only 12 IMO gold medals winner, India ranks 31st in the world for Math Olympiad, if he can understand the questions and not make any careless mistakes a gold medalist can easily get 100%.

  • @raghavchaudhary5748
    @raghavchaudhary5748 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Logic is very much built into math. However one can apply logical analysis when one has some sort of a starting point, the first step. Getting to that first step is indeed the creative aspect of math, which is what I feel imparts it beauty and an artistic touch..... 🤔🤔Oh man how much I craved to learn pure maths, somehow ended up in physics ( no offence intended)

  • @MegaEmmawatsonlover
    @MegaEmmawatsonlover 9 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    Yo Tao , what's 9+10 ?

    • @19lionkingfan
      @19lionkingfan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      21

    • @michaelkors2413
      @michaelkors2413 9 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      badr badr 910 !

    • @reza4975
      @reza4975 8 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      911.

    • @reza4975
      @reza4975 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      +neizetetz
      Spongebob = 9
      Squarepants = 11.
      Something to think about.

    • @a2zfactz678
      @a2zfactz678 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +badr badr it's 1 with a 9 ahead of it....

  • @laman8914
    @laman8914 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is he related to Prof. Terrence Tao, the premier mathematician at UCLA?

  • @zadeh79
    @zadeh79 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why discover the answer, when you can invent it.

  • @mrpal6681
    @mrpal6681 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Search for QUADRATIC EQUATIONS by Crunching Numbers

  • @migfed
    @migfed 9 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    At 38th second this guy said "a implies b, b implies c, so c implies a" that´s not a correct implication, is it?

    • @Gytax0
      @Gytax0 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      It isn't.

    • @jeffrey8770
      @jeffrey8770 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Actually it must be, assuming that the only way to get to C is by first getting to A. Therefore if you are at C, you first have first have been at A, hence implying the existence of A. (Btw... i am... terrible at math)

    • @jeffrey8770
      @jeffrey8770 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Please read properly.
      'Assuming that the only way to get to C is by first getting to A. '
      Though one may think that this train of thought has limited applications, it occurs frequently in math. Where you have to , for example, understand the particular assumptions and implications in a equation.

    • @jonmolina948
      @jonmolina948 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I guess theoretically, like he said, if math is all a tautology then nothing is false. So A,B, and C are true (Every propositional variable in logic is a well formed formula so they have to be true if they are mathematical statements by his assumption) then the rest of the statements he made including their converses hold.

    • @jeffrey8770
      @jeffrey8770 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jonmolina948 (wut?...)

  • @zihaoqi4462
    @zihaoqi4462 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Totally true.

  • @danattack4779
    @danattack4779 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Math can also be a competition for the atiquit few to be a winner allways.

    • @jiasheng
      @jiasheng 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      atiquit
      And the most ambitious spelling of adequate award goes to...

  • @jagaimo6013
    @jagaimo6013 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    came here from a manga about this dude trying to compete in the imo forgot the title though

    • @rextran3464
      @rextran3464 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This same guy? Did u ever find it again lmao

  • @LaTortuePGM
    @LaTortuePGM 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    ofc his name is tao.

  • @budoshi1981
    @budoshi1981 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I suffer from dyscalculia so im the opposite of him i will never be able to do maths and that ruined my goals and my dream job . well now im a janitor thats life. Learning chinesse would be more easy for me.

  • @AmirKhan-yy5ev
    @AmirKhan-yy5ev 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Being gifted & not having right resources to pursue your dream spirals you into depression.

  • @celpabedn
    @celpabedn 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    What makes them who they are is not that they are fighting it like we do, but their natural propensity towards things we generally as kids hate to do... They get aroused by it just as we get with sports, as young they are nerds and weirdos!
    But when we get older we envy their nature, and as the world progresses towards robotization, we enter the age of the nerds, and the dawn of the mind over the body as we never saw it before, they become the jocks and the athletes of the time to come!

  • @dasmensch2317
    @dasmensch2317 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have now suddenly the motivation to learn math 😂

  • @rublibose4786
    @rublibose4786 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really its creative thinking

  • @DySun
    @DySun 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    How is he related to Terrence Tao?

  • @happyr3318
    @happyr3318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2+2 is 4 -1 is 3 quick math

  • @parthshrivastava2209
    @parthshrivastava2209 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    is math about doing math all time

  • @volbolt99
    @volbolt99 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i stop understanding after he says 1 becomes 1