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Proofs without words

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Famous mathematical quotes (10)

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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

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Fundamental Examples

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Most memorable titles (3)

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Thinking and Explaining

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Cool problems to impress students with group theory

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Your favorite surprising connections in Mathematics

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Demonstrating that rigour is important

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

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What is your favorite “strange” function?

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Which journals publish expository work?

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Periods and commas in mathematical writing

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Extremely messy proofs

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What would you want to see at the Museum of Mathematics?

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A soft introduction to physics for mathematicians who don’t know the first thing about physics

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Good Algebraic Number Theory Books

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Experimental Mathematics

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Why do so many textbooks have so much technical detail and so little enlightenment?

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What are the worst notations, in your opinion ?

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Geodesics on spheres are great circles

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Linear Algebra Problems?

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Notation for the all-ones vector

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Intuition for Group Cohomology

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Old books still used

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What is the exterior derivative intuitively?

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Can infinity shorten proofs a lot?

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Strong induction without a base case

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Applications of Brouwer’s fixed point theorem

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Why is it a good idea to study a ring by studying its modules?