How does a 2-year-old Asian genius teach math now?

Terrence Tao was born in 1975 into an intellectual family with a father who was a doctor and a mother who was a teacher with two university degrees. Since childhood, Terrence Tao has enjoyed an excellenteducation .

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Terrence Tao's parents discovered his special ability when he was just 2 years old. At an age when his peers were just learning to talk, Tao taught a 5-year-old child to spell and do addition. What's more surprising is that Tao had no previous teaching experience. He taught himself completely by watching TV shows.

Terrence Tao showed his talent for mathematics from a young age. (Photo: Sohu)

Even though they knew their son was a genius, Tao's parents did not push him to study early. Instead, they let him go to school like his friends and develop naturally.

At the age of 9, Tao began taking college-level courses and quickly showed his talent. At that time, Tao was a special case when he scored 760/800 on the SAT Math exam.

Thanks to his intelligence and diligence, Tao won many awards. At the age of 10, he won a bronze medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad. A year later, Tao won a silver medal. At the age of 13, the Chinese boy became the youngest contestant in history to win a gold medal.

Immediately after winning the highest Olympic medal, Tao became a student at Flinders University at the age of 14 and graduated with honors after only 2 years of study.

During that time, Terence Tao wrote his first book, talking about methods and experiences in solving Math problems in the international Math competitions IMO.

In 1992, Tao received a master's degree and a Fulbright scholarship for graduate study.

Terence Tao started teaching at a young age. Photo: (Sohu)

At the age of 21, he received his doctorate from Princeton University (USA) and began teaching at the University of California. Here, Tao was appointed professor at the age of 24. The Asian man was also the youngest person ever appointed to this academic title by the school.

Terence Tao is one of the three smartest people in the world with an IQ of 230, surpassing Einstein, Isaac Newton and Stephen Hawking. He is considered the most outstanding mathematician today.

A fulfilling life

Over the years, Terence Tao has devoted much of his time to the development of Mathematics. He has been honored many times in this field despite his young age.

Terence Tao has achieved many successes in his career in Mathematics. (Photo: The New York Times)

Terence Tao received the Salem Prize in 2000 and the Bocher Memorial Prize in 2002. His achievements were so outstanding that the media dubbed him “the Mozart of Mathematics”.

In 2006, Terence Tao won the Fields Medal - the world's most prestigious "Nobel Prize of Mathematics" at the age of 31.

After a short time, the young professor successfully researched the theory of digital image compression techniques, which was voted as the breakthrough technology of 2007 by the American magazine Technology Review.

During his research career, Tao was recognized by the mathematical community as having made contributions in nearly 10 important mathematical research fields such as harmonic analysis, partial differential equations, combinatorics, analytic number theory, arithmetic theory, etc.

As of 2016, this mathematician has published more than 300 articles and 17 books of great value to the academic community.

Not only successful in his career, Terence Tao's life is also the dream of many people. He is always commented as likable, friendly and has a very high EQ, so the Chinese mathematician is loved by many people.

Terrence Tao's happy family. (Photo: The Sydney Morning Herald)

The Asian math genius is married to an engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The couple has a son and a daughter.

Despite being busy with work, Terrence Tao does not forget to spend time with his family. This helps the Mathematician's married life to always be warm and happy.

Currently, in addition to his teaching work at the University of California, Terrence Tao is still devoting himself to the world of Mathematics. Terrence Tao also participates in the research group on artificial intelligence (AI) of the US Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

At the age of 49, the Asian genius makes many people admire him for his fulfilling life, from career to family.

Hieu Lam (Sohu, The New York Times)

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