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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics.
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Magic trick based on deep mathematics
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Widely accepted mathematical results that were later shown wrong?
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Ways to prove the fundamental theorem of algebra (2)
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Cool problems to impress students with group theory
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Demonstrating that rigour is important
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Applications of the Chinese remainder theorem
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Why were matrix determinants once such a big deal?
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What would you want to see at the Museum of Mathematics?
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What’s the “best” proof of quadratic reciprocity?
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Do you read the masters?
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Consequences of the Riemann hypothesis
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How do I convert a uniform value in [0,1) to a standard normal (Gaussian) distribution value?
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Demystifying complex numbers
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What are the worst notations, in your opinion ?
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Books you would like to see translated into English.
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Where is number theory used in the rest of mathematics?
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What are examples of mathematical concepts named after the wrong people? (Stigler’s law)
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Math paper authors' order
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Are submodules of free modules free?
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Errata for Atiyah-Macdonald
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Why does the Riemann zeta function have non-trivial zeros?
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Fields of mathematics that were dormant for a long time until someone revitalized them
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Notable mathematics during World War II
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Strong induction without a base case
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Why are tensors a generalization of scalars, vectors, and matrices?
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Why are modular forms interesting?
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Why do we care about L^p spaces besides p = 1, p = 2, and p = infinity?
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Primes P such that ((P-1)/2)!=1 mod P
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Interesting results in algebraic geometry accessible to 3rd year undergraduates
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