Terence Tao: Nilsequences and the Primes, UCLA

Terence Tao is UCLA's Collins Professor of Mathematics, and the first UCLA
professor to win the prestigious Fields Medal. Less than a month after
winning the Fields Medal, Tao was named a MacArthur Fellow. The following month, Tao was named one of "The Brilliant 10" scientists by Popular Science magazine, which called him "Math's Great Uniter" and said that "to Tao, the traditional boundaries between different mathematical fields don't seem to exist." His Colloquium is titled "Nilsequences and the Primes."

The UCLA Science Faculty Research Colloquium Series is designed to
promote interdisciplinary research.

The Series is sponsored by the Department of Mathematics,
UCLA College

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[Khaos969]

His brain works to quickly for his mouth..

[csfreak89]

@scottvska i think his brain is too fast for his mouth

[eheister2006]

If I was that smart, I wouldn't be wasting time studying prime numbers. I'd be inventing stuff with new ideas.

[Kratos0909]

the bruce lee of mathematics

[anomaly19851]

What a sissy little girl. Picky indecisive little sissy. He has a vagina. it is scientifically proven that women are far more complicated than men are.

[askfskpsk]

This guy has a 220 IQ.

[Khaos969]

@liadon666 im not sure u got my post... but im definately sure I dont understand yours.

[liadon666]

Well , I hope that someone will MAKE CAPTIONS for this video , or I WILL...(in two languages if you want)

Because that's kind of annoying to listen when you're not a natural english speaker... ^_^

Also , this should be UCLA official channel , A PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTE according to what "they say" about it...

[liadon666]

@Khaos969

and your mouth talks TOO fast for your brain (cause you could read and correct your error while you didn't , and 18 morons liked that !!! )

I'm sorry...I had to... XD

[Tadesan]

"mumble mumble, mispronounce mispronounce, suck lips" He ought to learn how to present.

[Ragib]

@qwertypluss It's the new techniques developed that really excite mathematicians. Once we have a new set of tools in our toolbox, we can start tackling many other problems. For example, Andrew Wiles proved Fermat's Last theorem about 15 years ago and became very famous for it. However, we really have had little use for Fermat's theorem. However, we have used his techniques to make progress on other important problems, such as the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture.