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Old books still used
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(Preferably rare) Audio/Video recordings of famous mathematicians? (3)
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Examples of conjectures that were widely believed to be true but later proved false
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Request for the proof of a result from Ramanujan’s letter to Hardy.
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Fundamental problems whose solution seems completely out of reach (3)
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Good books on problem solving / math olympiad
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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand (4)
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math circles video lectures for school children?
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Interesting mathematical documentaries
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Examples of interesting false proofs
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Blackbox Theorems
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An example of a beautiful proof that would be accessible at the high school level?
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A good book of functional analysis
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Elementary+Short+Useful (2)
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What are your favorite instructional counterexamples?
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Favorite popular math book
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The Ramanujan Problems.
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Counterexamples in Algebra?
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A properties about expoential integral, 5.1.11 in Abramowitz and Stegun
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What’s the “best” proof of quadratic reciprocity?
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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics.
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Are there locally compact groups which have no compact open subgroups and no discrete infinite cyclic subgroups?
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Is Galois theory necessary (in a basic graduate algebra course)?
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Suggestions for a good Measure Theory book