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Magic trick based on deep mathematics
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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?
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Why is a topology made up of ‘open’ sets?
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Demonstrating that rigour is important
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What should be offered in undergraduate mathematics that’s currently not (or isn’t usually)?
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An example of a beautiful proof that would be accessible at the high school level?
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How To Present Mathematics To Non-Mathematicians?
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Most striking applications of category theory?
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Writing papers in pre-LaTeX era?
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How do you decide whether a question in abstract algebra is worth studying? (3)
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Is there a nice application of category theory to functional/complex/harmonic analysis?
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How important are publications for undergrads?
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“Homotopy-first” courses in algebraic topology
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Applications of knot theory
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Nice proof of the Jordan curve theorem?
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“Mathematics talk” for five year olds
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Interesting and Accessible Topics in Graph Theory
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What is a continuous path?
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How to write popular mathematics well?
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Getting nervous refereeing a paper
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Examples where it’s useful to know that a mathematical object belongs to some family of objects
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Do we still need model categories?
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How to motivate and present epsilon-delta proofs to undergraduates?
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Textbook recommendations for undergraduate proof-writing class
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Modern Mathematical Achievements Accessible to Undergraduates
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Natural transformations as categorical homotopies
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What is the significance of non-commutative geometry in mathematics?
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A book in topology
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What does actually being a CW-complex provide in algebraic topology?
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Compelling evidence that two basepoints are better than one
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