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What are the most misleading alternate definitions in taught mathematics? (2)
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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics. (2)
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Mathematical “urban legends” (2)
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Most harmful heuristic? (2)
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Do good math jokes exist?
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Your favorite surprising connections in Mathematics (2)
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Free, high quality mathematical writing online? (4)
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What are your favorite instructional counterexamples? (2)
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Favorite popular math book (3)
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What are the most attractive Turing undecidable problems in mathematics?
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What are the most overloaded words in mathematics? (2)
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Famous mathematical quotes (2)
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Most helpful math resources on the web (2)
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Why do so many textbooks have so much technical detail and so little enlightenment?
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What is the difference between matrix theory and linear algebra?
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Cool problems to impress students with group theory
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Are there any “homotopical spaces” ?
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Theorems with unexpected conclusions (2)
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Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples? (2)
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Why aren’t representations of monoids studied so much?
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Describe a topic in one sentence.
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Why should one still teach Riemann integration? (2)
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What’s your favorite equation, formula, identity or inequality?
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What should be offered in undergraduate mathematics that’s currently not (or isn’t usually)?
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What do named “tricks” share?
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Given a polynomial f, can there be more than one constant c such that every root of f(x)-c is repeated?
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Help me with this proof: Drop a printed map of the land on the land and there must be some common point.
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Math puzzles for dinner
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What advanced Area of Mathematics can be delved into with only basic Calculus and Linear Algebra
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Looking for book with good general overview of math and its various branches
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