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"Algebraic" topologies like the Zariski topology?

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Harry Gindi

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The role of the mean value theorem (MVT) in first-year calculus

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Michael Hardy

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Non-abelian class field theory and fundamental groups

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Should I not cite an arxiv.org paper which otherwise seems to be unpublished?

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ohai

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Why should I believe the Mordell Conjecture?

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Why can't proofs have infinitely many steps?

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Are there other nice math books close to the style of Tristan Needham?

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What elementary problems can you solve with schemes?

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Geometric interpretation of trace

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B. Bischof

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When can a connection Induce a Riemannian metric for which it is the Levi-Civita connection?

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Jean Delinez

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Typo/grammar checker for LaTeX [closed]

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jon

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The Ramanujan Problems

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Theorems in Euclidean geometry with attractive proofs using more advanced methods

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Timothy Chow

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How does one use the Poisson summation formula?

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gowers

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Modern algebraic geometry vs. classical algebraic geometry

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Amitesh Datta

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Philosophy behind Mochizuki's work on the ABC conjecture

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James D. Taylor

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An anecdote by R. Schmidt

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José Hdz. Stgo.

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Math puzzles for dinner [closed]

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Richard Dore

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German mathematical terms like "Nullstellensatz"

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Martin Brandenburg

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What is the high-concept explanation on why real numbers are useful in number theory?

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Daniel Moskovich

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Proving "almost all matrices over C are diagonalizable".

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Anweshi

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Completion of ZFC

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Alex Lupsasca

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What are "classical groups"?

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Jim Humphreys

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tr(ab) = tr(ba)?

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André Henriques

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Why are planar graphs so exceptional?

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Harrison Brown

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Ron Maimon

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How many people fully understand the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem?

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Michael

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Ideas on how to prevent a department from being shut down.

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Tilman

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Is there a high-concept explanation for why "simplicial" leads to "homotopy-theoretic"?

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Akhil Mathew

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Consequences of Geometric Langlands

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Charles Siegel

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Atiyah-Singer index theorem

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Andy Putman

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To what extent is it true that "number theory = mathematics"? [closed]

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John Stillwell

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Tools for collaborative paper-writing

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Tyler Lawson

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Interesting examples of vacuous / void entities

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Michael Hardy

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When to start reviewing

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B. Bischof

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Is the sphere the only surface with circular projections? Or: Can we deduce a spherical Earth by observing that its shadows on the Moon are circular?

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Joel David Hamkins

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Is all non-convex optimization heuristic?

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DoubleJay

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How seriously should a graduate student take teaching evaluations? [closed]

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Charles Siegel

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Which math paper maximizes the ratio (importance)/(length)?

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David Hansen

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What are the shapes of rational functions?

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Bill Thurston

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Grothendieck's Galois Theory today

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lambdafunctor

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One-step problems in geometry

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Anton Petrunin

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How to apply Neuman boundary condition to Finite-Element-Method problems?

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Kamran Bigdely

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How many surjections are there from a set of size n?

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gowers

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Statistics for mathematicians

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Nokker

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More open problems [closed]

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Cristi Stoica

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Atiyah-MacDonald, exercise 2.11

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CJD

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Undergraduate differential geometry texts

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Jesse Madnick

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Can we prove set theory is consistent?

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Andrea Ferretti

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Careers advice for Ph.D.s without current postdocs or university jobs

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Zen Harper

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The unification of Mathematics via Topos Theory

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Roy Maclean

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Dimension leaps

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Andrew Stacey

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Learning about Lie groups

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Daniel Erman

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How much of differential geometry can be developed entirely without atlases? [closed]

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Harry Gindi

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Open source mathematical software

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Cristos A. Ruiz

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A reading list for topological quantum field theory?

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How is the physical meaning of an irreducible representation justified?

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Qiaochu Yuan

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Books well-motivated with explicit examples

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Rado

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Why linear algebra is fun!(or ?)

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