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mfw i learn that the greatest mathematician in the world is an australian

>> No.2253041

Fermat's not Australian.

>> No.2253046

>>2253039
living, tend to agree. he knows a lot.
all time: a german and a swiss, tied

>>2253041
not even close. top 1000 maybe.

>> No.2253050

>>2253046
funny how you misspelled jew twice

>> No.2253055

Who're you talking about?

>> No.2253058

>>2253055
they are talking about terry tao

>> No.2253059

>>2253055

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terence_Tao

Probably.

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My god, an excuse to post this image

>> No.2253102

>>2253089
>moustache science

>> No.2253119

>>2253039
u jelly?

>> No.2253138

this tao guy is brilliant. i studied with one of his doctorate students. i also know a guy who went to high school with TT's wife (and friend with TT). from both accounts, TT's a great guy, quite generous (gives long reply to emails even from undergradutate nobodies), quite well-adjusted even though he was a child prodigy, and VERY VERY good in math research. i listened to his talk once in Germany but didnt get the chance to meet him up close.

i think he's our generation's Hilbert / Poincare

>> No.2253142

>>2253089
Where's this from?

>> No.2253143

I am going through one of his proofs right now and am starting to feel butthurt.

I am not that smart and never going to be so, and it is seriously affecting my self-esteem.

Fuck, what should I do?

>> No.2253147

>>2253142
I wish I knew.

>> No.2253148

>>2253142

Team Fortress 2

>> No.2253169

>>2253143

In addition to his aptitude, he has been surrounded by high level mathematics since he was about 10, and was nurtured since birth to be an academic machine. I would think that you can attribute that more to familiarity of the subject rather than ingenious insight.

>> No.2253196

>>2253143
watch sum boxxy videos, they'll cheer u up

>> No.2253208

>>2253169
>>2253196

I was thinking: where am I in the natural distribution of humans? I think I am above average, and also know that there is a positive number of humans both above and below me. But still, does that make me a piece of shit?

I mean, look at Tao. He is a very decent guy, where does that leave me? Am I a decent person? Am I a good human? What am I? What's my purpose?

I know humanity won't probably remember me after my death. Does that matter? If not, then what do? Why work if not to just keep me alive!

>> No.2253239

>>2253208
as a wise man once said: "live for teh lulz"

make that your motto and you'll be just fine

protip: if you ask such questions on teh internet, you're probably shit tier anyway, time to man up and start enjoying your life rather than whine about your intellectual mediocrity.

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>>2253239
This seems appropriate.

>> No.2253256

>>2253208

You're problem is not with mathematics. You're going through an existential crisis, which is normal of people in their teens and twenties.

As the above poster said, "Liv fur de lulz". When you really think about it, that's the only people you can do.

>> No.2253377

>>2253239
Shit tier :(

>> No.2253457

>greatest mathematician

Uh he was German and then moved to America during world war 2 and then died in the 60s.

his name was Einstein.

>> No.2253459

>>2253138
Hilbert who?

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2253789

I'm sorry but he's russian.

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>>2253789

No im not, i contributed nothing in the field of mathematics.

Would you please stop praising me there is no reason to it.

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>> No.2253809

>>2253457

Einstein..? Get serious. I wipe my ass with your Einstein.

E=mc^2.. right. Eat = More x Cheese^2.

>> No.2253815

>>2253800
Well done, sir.

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>>2253789

who the fuck are you?

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>>2253457
>Einstein
Bitch please, as for now no one wins with Euler. I still hope that one day Tao or other prodigy would top him.

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>>2253827
tao who?

>> No.2253953

>>2253138
Which Hilbert you talking about?

>> No.2253992

>>2253208

Don't worry. I got pretty much the same thoughts after my first few months at the university. Always thought I'm something special back when I was in school. Thing is... I'm not. Just high above average. Doesn't stop me from having fun with the other physicists around. ^^

>> No.2254063

>>2253457
Einstein didn't contribute anything to mathematics. All of his work was in physics.

>> No.2254333

>>2254063

Not much to physics either. He was nothing but a great plagiator.

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2254346

Who cares masta race reporting in

>> No.2254351

>>2254333
>He thinks Einstein's greatest contribution to physics was special relativity
Oh you.

>> No.2254444

>>2254351

Nope. I think the whole Einstein was a hoax. If you're talking about quantum physics I rather keep my Schrödinger cat alive.

>> No.2254456

>>2254444
Then who did he copy everything else from?

>> No.2254481

>>2253800
>>2253789
hivemind

perelman has retired from maths or some loony shit

this tao guy seems like the champion

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Girl Power.
When asked years later, Einstein couldn't replicate his work. Most of the original notes regarrdng GR/SR are in his 1st wife's handwriting.

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2254578

>mfw the greatest mathematician hasn't existed yet

>> No.2254583

>>2254569

what's up with all this Einstein bashing? Okay - he was deeply confused due to QM and a dinosaur who could not move on at the end of his life, but still a ground breaking genius.

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2254612

Hi guys, what's going on in this thread?

>> No.2254632

>>2254612

i don't recognize him, although he looks familiar - is it a famous mathematician?

>> No.2255603

MFW most great physicists and a large portion of mathematicians are all jews

>> No.2255637

>>2254632
Australian hero

>> No.2255640

>>2254612
>>2254632
>>2255637

gb2/b/

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2256334

umad?

>> No.2256367

>>2256334
if jesus is so holy why was he jewish

>> No.2256380

>>2256002

lol'd

>> No.2256599

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i wonder if he knows how to triforce

>> No.2256867

>>2256002
wtf is this about?

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2256984

this thread needs moar boxxy