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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics. (2)
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Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts
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Widely accepted mathematical results that were later shown wrong? (2)
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Proofs that require fundamentally new ways of thinking
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Ways to prove the fundamental theorem of algebra
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Your favorite surprising connections in Mathematics
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Theorems that are ‘obvious’ but hard to prove (2)
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What if Current Foundations of Mathematics are Inconsistent?
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Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples?
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Demonstrating that rigour is important
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What are the most attractive Turing undecidable problems in mathematics?
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Which popular games are the most mathematical?
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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand (4)
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Counterexamples in Algebra?
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solving f(f(x))=g(x)
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Knuth’s intuition that Goldbach might be unprovable
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Examples of interesting false proofs (2)
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Quick proofs of hard theorems (2)
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What are some reasonable-sounding statements that are independent of ZFC?
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Open problems with monetary rewards
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What are some correct results discovered with incorrect (or no) proofs?
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Generalizing a problem to make it easier (2)
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Noteworthy achievements in and around 2010?
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New grand projects in contemporary math
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Logic in mathematics and philosophy
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Fiction books about mathematicians?
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Fields of mathematics that were dormant for a long time until someone revitalized them (2)
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Old books still used
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Work of ICM 2010 plenary speakers (and other humans)
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Why linear algebra is fun!(or ?)
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