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Terence Tao

Australian-American mathematician
Person human Q295981

Facts

31 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[35]
Date of birth
July 17, 1975
Place of birth
Adelaide
Country of citizenship
Australia, United States[4][5]
Occupation
mathematician, university teacher
Employer
University of California, Los Angeles[15]
Field of work
mathematical analysis, combinatorics, number theory, harmonic analysis, additive combinatorics, analytic number theory, extremal combinatorics[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
Educated at
Princeton University, Flinders University, Research Science Institute, Blackwood High School, Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth[16]
Award received
Fields medal, MacArthur Fellows Program, Fellow of the Royal Society, Royal Medal, Salem Prize, Bôcher Memorial Prize, Clay Research Award, Ostrowski Prize, Nemmers Prize in Mathematics, Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, SASTRA Ramanujan Prize, Levi L. Conant Prize, King Faisal International Prize in Science, Australian Mathematical Society Medal, Alan T. Waterman Award, George Pólya Prize, Onsager Medal, Fulbright Scholarship, Corresponding Member of the Australian Academy of Science, Crafoord Prize in Mathematics, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, King Faisal Prize, Crafoord Prize, Princess of Asturias Awards, IEEE Jack S. Kilby Signal Processing Medal, Grand Prize of the French Academy of Science, Companion of the Order of Australia[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]
Notable work
Dantzig selector
Official website
www.math.ucla.edu, terrytao.wordpress.com
Doctoral advisor
Elias M. Stein[17]
Doctoral student
Tim Austin, Monica Vișan, Julia Sealth Garibaldi, John Bueti, Soonsik Kwon, Shuanglin Shao, Paul Anthony Smith, Zaher Hani, Kenneth Maples, Thai Hoang Le, Joshua Zahl, Bradley William Rodgers, Jacques Benatar, Ben Krause, Jordan Greenblatt, Nicholas Cook, Zane Li, Stanley Palasek[36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49]
Student of
Paul Erdős
Languages spoken, written or signed
Cantonese, English
Academic appointment
UCLA Department of Mathematics
Assessment
intelligence test
Erdős number
+2
Family name
Tao
Given name
Terence
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
Member of
Royal Society, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Australian Academy of Science, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, American Mathematical Society[32][33][34]
Name in native language
陶哲軒
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Native language
Cantonese, English[6][7]
Number of children
+2
P14541
TxF79
Participant in
International Mathematical Olympiad, International Mathematical Olympiad, International Mathematical Olympiad
Professorship
James and Carol Collins Chair in the College of Letters and Sciences
Residence
Adelaide, United States
Social media followers
13k (13k–13k, n=3)
🏷️ Also known as
en Terence Chi-Shen Tao en T. Tao en Terry Tao en Terence "Terry" Chi-Shen Tao en Terence Tao en Terence C. Tao en Tao Zhexuan ar تيرنس تاو cs Terence Chi-Shen Tao da T. Tao de T. Tao de Terence Chi-Shen Tao el Τέρενς Τάο es Terry Tao es Terence Chi-Shen Tao fa ترنس تائو fi Terence Chi-Shen Tao fr Térence Tao he טרנס טאו hu Terence Chi-Shen Tao
🔖 Identifiers · 96
ISNI
0000000109525223
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0140-7641
VIAF cluster ID
8540290
Library of Congress authority ID
nr96033717
GND ID
132190370
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Terence Tao at IPAM's Fireside Chat 2026 (50m16s) (cropped).jpg ↗
ACM Digital Library author ID
81100159475
Academic Tree ID
177421
All-Russian Mathematical Portal ID
119095
Awards & Winners artist ID
047mjr
BIBSYS ID
6048083
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
155171795
Show all 96 identifiers +84
Bluesky handle
teorth.bsky.social
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
tao-terence
CANTIC ID
981058525840206706
CMI person ID
terence-tao
CONOR.SI ID
104727651
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12118572
CiNii Research ID
1140282266746775040
Curriculum vitae URL
www.math.ucla.edu
DBLP author ID
t/TerenceTao
DDB person (GND) ID
132190370
De Agostini ID
Tao,+Terence
Dialnet author ID
263206
Dimensions author ID
011344733521.27
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
198960
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Terence-Tao
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
tao
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
12386
Freebase ID
/m/047mjr
Geni.com profile ID
6000000053800889450
GitHub account
teorth
Google Scholar author ID
TFx_gLQAAAAJ
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
terence-tao
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
70198
IEEE Xplore author ID
37393195900
INSPIRE-HEP author ID
Terence.Tao.1
IdRef ID
109131533
International Mathematical Olympiad participant ID
1581
JRC Names ID
493862
LDT @ Library Name Authority ID
298593
Libraries Australia ID
35977583
LinkedIn personal profile ID
terence-tao-6291246
MR Author ID
361755
MSRI person ID
2580
MacArthur Fellows Program ID
class-of-2006/terence-tao
MacTutor biography ID
Tao
Mastodon address
tao@mathstodon.xyz
Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
43967
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2151959915
Munzinger person ID
00000032172
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA10642773
NDL Authority ID
01206862
NE.se ID
terence-tao
NL CR AUT ID
mub2014801526
NLA Trove people ID
592654
NLab ID
Terence Tao
NSK (VIAF) ID
000811891
NSK ID
981005737055909366
NUKAT ID
n2007139003
Namuwiki ID
테렌스 타오
National Academy of Sciences member ID
20017271
National Library of Brazil ID
001038954
National Library of Israel ID (old)
001696269
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007520390805171
National Library of Korea ID
KAC201207064
National Library of Latvia ID
000136374
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9813178142105606
National Library of Portugal ID
1405093
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
298337053
Notable Names Database ID
453/000172934
Oberwolfach mathematician ID
7609
Obálky knih ID
mub2014801526
Official blog URL
terrytao.wordpress.com
Open Library ID
OL2668644A
Personality Database profile ID
49302
PlanetMath ID
TerenceTao
Prabook ID
814950
ProofWiki ID
Mathematician:Terence_Chi-Shen_Tao
Quora topic ID
Terence-Tao-mathematician
RERO ID (legacy)
A016879839
ResearchGate contributions ID
8290132
SBN author ID
UFEV307833
SHARE Catalogue author ID
477043
Scopus author ID
7102792816
Stack Exchange user ID
2940801
TMDB person ID
3828399
Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID
tao
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058525840206706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1147526
Who's Who UK ID
U250062
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJqqkQDGfjVFB6rYDDcQMP
Yale LUX ID
person/b2cac118-cd03-4f5f-8b20-1fba2fd871d4
YouTube handle
TerenceTao27
ZbMATH author ID
tao.terence-c
Zhihu topic ID
20039426, 19861243

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🔗 Connections
Award received 25
Fields medal, Fellow of the Royal Society, Fulbright Scholarship, Princess of Asturias Awards, Crafoord Prize, Royal Medal, MacArthur Fellows Program, King Faisal Prize +17 more
Field of work 7
mathematical analysis, number theory, combinatorics, harmonic analysis, analytic number theory, additive combinatorics, extremal combinatorics
Member of 6
Royal Society, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Mathematical Society, Australian Academy of Science
← Winner 4
Fields medal, Bôcher Memorial Prize, Salem Prize, King Faisal International Prize in Science
Author of 3
An uncountable Moore–Schmidt theorem, Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation, Long gaps between primes
Participant in 3
International Mathematical Olympiad, International Mathematical Olympiad, International Mathematical Olympiad
← Authored by 3
An uncountable Moore–Schmidt theorem, Finite time blowup for an averaged three-dimensional Navier-Stokes equation, Long gaps between primes
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Australia
Educated at 2
Princeton University, Flinders University
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Cantonese
Occupation 2
mathematician, university teacher
Residence 2
United States, Adelaide
Affiliated with 1
University of California, Los Angeles
Assessment 1
intelligence test
Doctoral advisor 1
Elias M. Stein
Doctoral advisors 1
Elias M. Stein
Doctoral student 1
Tim Austin
Doctoral students 1
Tim Austin
Employer 1
University of California, Los Angeles
Family name 1
Tao
Given name 1
Terence
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Adelaide
Sex or gender 1
male
Student of 1
Paul Erdős
Teachers 1
Paul Erdős
Works by author 1
What are the odds, II: the Venezuelan presidential election
← Cast member 1
Numberphile
← EU Knowledge Graph item ID 1
Ruoti
← Proved by 1
Green–Tao theorem
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Summary

Terence Tao was born in Adelaide[1]. He has worked as a mathematician[2] and university teacher[3].

Why It Matters

Works attributed to Terence Tao include What are the odds, II: the Venezuelan presidential election[50], a document[51].

His notable doctoral advisees include Tim Austin[52], a mathematician[53], b. 1983[54], of United Kingdom[55], awarded the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize[56], specialised in mathematical analysis[57].

FAQs

Where was Terence Tao born?

Terence Tao's place of birth was Adelaide[1].

What did Terence Tao do for work?

Terence Tao worked as a mathematician[2] and university teacher[3].

Where did Terence Tao go to school?

Terence Tao was educated at Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth[16].

What awards did Terence Tao receive?

Honors received include Fields medal[18], MacArthur Fellows Program[19], Fellow of the Royal Society[20], and Royal Medal[21].

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Award received Fields medal low0.612 independent sources

evidence “Terence Tao, recipient of the Fields medal, mathematics’ most prestigious prize, has led large-scale collaborative AI-assisted projects involving mathematicians at different stages of their careers.” theconversation.com · read source

Related Entities

Adelaide Australia mathematical analysis Paul Erdős Ruoti United States University of California, Los Angeles

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  1. 22h ago · Bargioni · 2026-11-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → UFEV307833
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  2. 4w ago · Herodotptlomeu · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 8w ago · Bender235 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Doctoral student → Tim Austin, Monica Vișan, Julia Sealth Garibaldi +15
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  4. 13w ago · RoyZuo · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    YouTube handle → TerenceTao27
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  5. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  6. 18w ago · Entropy Fighter · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Terence Tao at IPAM's Fireside Chat 2026 (50m16s) (cropped).
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  7. 21w ago · Oronsay · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Award received → Fields medal, MacArthur Fellows Program, Fellow of the Royal Society +26
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  8. 22w ago · Aavindraa · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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