--- title: "Terence Tao — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Terence Tao, University of California, Los Angeles: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2023–2025), h-index 95 — affiliations, topics, co-authors…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/terence-tao/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/terence-tao/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Terence Tao # Terence Tao Terence Tao has 2 papers in our library, in 2023–2025, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Adam Zsolt Wagner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adam-zsolt-wagner/). 2 papers in our library · 2023–2025 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5066728260) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0140-7641) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295981) · [**h-index 95**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5066728260) · [722 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5066728260) · [70,198 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5066728260&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/terence-tao/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 59 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/terence-tao/cited-by/) · [3 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #10176](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/102/#star-10176) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Terence+Tao) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Terence+Tao) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Terence+Tao) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Terence+Tao) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of California, Los Angeles** Los Angeles · United States 1996–2026 · 551 papersEmployment since 1996 · Professor, Mathematics*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-los-angeles/) · [🎓**University of California, Berkeley** Berkeley · United States 2003–2025 · 2 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-berkeley/) · [🎓**University of Oxford** Oxford · United Kingdom 2010–2023 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-oxford/) · [🎓**California Institute of Technology** Pasadena · United States 2007–2022 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/california-institute-of-technology/) · [🎓**University of Turku** Turku · Finland 2015–2022 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-turku/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2009–2010 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🎓**Dartmouth College** Hanover · United States 2020–2023 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/dartmouth-college/) · [🎓**University of California San Diego** San Diego · United States 2005–2022 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-california-san-diego/) · [🎓**University of Kentucky** Lexington · United States 2021–2022 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-kentucky/) · [🎓**Princeton University** Princeton · United States 1992–2021 · 2 papersEducation 1992–1996](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/princeton-university/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 31 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/) · [Computer Science · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Algebra and Number Theory · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/algebra-and-number-theory/) · [Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/discrete-mathematics-and-combinatorics/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2025** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/terence-tao/year/2025/) · [**2023** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/terence-tao/year/2023/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[On a conjecture of Marton](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gowers-2023-conjecture-marton/)** *(2023 · 21 citations)* The paper settles Marton's conjecture, better known as the polynomial Freiman–Ruzsa (PFR) conjecture, for vector spaces over F₂. 2. **[Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/georgiev-2025-mathematical-exploration-discovery-scale/)** *(2025 · 16 citations)* The paper asks whether an LLM-driven agent can help with constructive mathematics: building explicit objects (graphs, packings, functions, point sets) that reach strong numerical bounds on open problems. ## All works 5 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Robust uncertainty principles: exact signal reconstruction from highly incomplete frequency information ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.2005.862083) IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · no summary yet**Emmanuel J. Candès, Justin K. Romberg, Terence Tao*2004 · 15,569 citations* 2. **[Decoding by Linear Programming ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.2005.858979) IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · no summary yet**Emmanuel J. Candès, Terence Tao*2005 · 7,132 citations* 3. **[Near-Optimal Signal Recovery From Random Projections: Universal Encoding Strategies? ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/tit.2006.885507) IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · no summary yet**Emmanuel J. Candès, Terence Tao*2004 · 6,845 citations* 4. [**On a conjecture of Marton arXiv:2311.05762**W. T. Gowers, Ben Green, Freddie Manners, et al.*2023 · 21 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/gowers-2023-conjecture-marton/) 5. [**Mathematical exploration and discovery at scale arXiv:2511.02864**Bogdan Georgiev, Javier Gómez-Serrano, Terence Tao, et al.*2025 · 16 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/georgiev-2025-mathematical-exploration-discovery-scale/) ## Co-authors here 1 co-author with a page, the most papers together first. - [Adam Zsolt Wagner](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/adam-zsolt-wagner/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - IEEE Transactions on Information Theory ×3 ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 59 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [4 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/terence-tao/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026