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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics.
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Theorems that are ‘obvious’ but hard to prove
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Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples? (2)
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Demonstrating that rigour is important (2)
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Free, high quality mathematical writing online?
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What is the shortest Ph.D. thesis?
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Refereeing a Paper
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Describe a topic in one sentence.
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Ingenuity in mathematics (2)
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German mathematical terms like “Nullstellensatz”
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Inaccessible cardinals and Andrew Wiles’s proof
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Checkmate in $\omega$ moves?
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Teaching proofs in the era of Google
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What are some slogans that express mathematical tricks?
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Famous mathematicians with background in arts/humanities/law etc
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What, exactly, has Louis de Branges proved about the Riemann Hypothesis?
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What are some open problems in algebraic geometry?
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Status of Harvey Friedman’s grand conjecture?
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What would you want on a Lie theory cheat poster? (6)
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What are “classical groups”?
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What is the motivation for a vertex algebra?
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Why aren’t representations of monoids studied so much?
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Why is cotangent more canonical than tangent?
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Complex and Elementary Proofs in Number Theory
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Dimension Leaps
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Series whose convergence is not known
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How is representation theory used in modular/automorphic forms?
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Why can’t proofs have infinitely many steps?
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Why do we care about the Hilbert scheme of points?
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What is the relationship between modular forms and Maass forms?
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