4 ms·Some would argue more for Wiles or Perelman on account of solving long-standing conjectures.by Zr01 1y agoSome would argue more for Wiles or Perelman on account of solving long-standing conjectures.achierius 1y agoTop three greatest living mathematician, perhaps?Analemma_ 1y agoI think what gives Tao the title is how multidisciplinary he is. He can wander in to a new subfield of mathematics and start making SOTA contributions after not very much time, which is a rare thing.