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Examples of great mathematical writing
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Which math paper maximizes the ratio (importance)/(length)? (2)
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Why are the sporadic simple groups HUGE?
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Rolling a random walk on a sphere
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Most harmful heuristic?
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Is there a high-concept explanation for why characteristic 2 is special?
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Why should I believe the Mordell Conjecture?
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two conjugate subgroups and one is a proper subset of the other? plus, a covering space interpretation.
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Why Is Exp(Pi*Sqrt(232)) an Almost Integer?
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Explanation for gamma function in formula for n-ball volume
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What is convolution intuitively?
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What objects do the cusps of Modular curve classify?
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H^4 of the Monster
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Why do Groups and Abelian Groups feel so different?
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What are the most attractive Turing undecidable problems in mathematics?
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Schemes and meaning of “geometric intuition” (2)
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When should you, and should you not, share your mathematical ideas?
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Incidences of rigorous proofs used in legal proceedings
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Interpreting the Famous Five equation
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What is the first interesting theorem in (insert subject here)?
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What does “supersingular” mean?
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Is there a theorem that says that there is always more than one way to “continue a finite sequence”?
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Is there a reset sequence?
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orientations for zero-dimensional manifolds
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Riemann hypothesis via absolute geometry
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Has the Weil conjectures been proved using other (Weil) cohomology theory?
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Blackbox Theorems
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The geometry behind the ICM 2010 Logo
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Examples of mathematics motivated by technological considerations (2)
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Constructing a degeneration (as a group scheme) of G_m to G_a
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