Australian - Mathematician | July 17, 1975 -
I don't like accepting things at face value.
Terence Tao
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For me, I guess the main motivation is the satisfaction of finally understanding some tricky mathematical concept or phenomenon and then explaining it to others.
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It is very humbling to receive the Fields Medal. The words of a Fields Medallist carry a lot of weight within mathematics - for instance, in framing future directions of research - which means that I have to watch what I say more carefully now!
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I don't have any magical ability. I look at a problem, play with it, work out a strategy.
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