导读:看到网上陶教授的照片,我不敢确定他是华裔。为寻个究竟,便贸然给陶教授写信求证,并希望他能对杂志的读者说几句话。没想到当天就得到了他的回信,我不但得知他的确是华人的后代,还从他的回信中印证了文章中约翰·嘉内特教授说的“每个人都喜欢他”的原因。求证完全是我们学数学的人的特点。作为数学领域的行内人,我见过许多怪人,而像陶教授那样能与人合作,并使每个合作者都感到愉快的性格魅力,不是每个数学家都能具备的。现将他的回信放在文前与读者分享。 Reading: Seeing Professor Tao’s photos online, I am not sure he is Chinese. To find out exactly what happened, he rushed to write a letter to Prof. Tao and asked him to say a few words to readers of the magazine. Unexpectedly, he received his reply on the same day. Not only did I know that he was indeed a descendant of the Chinese, but he also confirmed in his reply that the reason why everyone liked him was what Professor John Garnett said in the article. . Verification is exactly the character of our mathematicians. As an insider in the field of mathematics, I have seen many strangers, and not every mathematician can have the charisma of being able to co-operate with others as Professor Tao and to make each partner happy. His reply will now be shared with readers before the text.