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The article is a biographical account of Terence Tao's mathematical development. Born in 1975 he has exhibited a formidable mathematical precociousness which the author describes in some detail. The paper also presents the social and family context surrounding this precociousness and discusses the educational implications of this data.

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    M. A. (Ken) Clements

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Clements, M.A.(. Terence Tao. Educ Stud Math 15, 213–238 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00312075

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