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Which mathematicians have influenced you the most?
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Counterexamples in Algebra?
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Demystifying complex numbers
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Books you would like to see translated into English.
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Examples of undergraduate mathematics separation from what mathematicians should know
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Papers that debunk common myths in the history of mathematics
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Can a mathematical definition be wrong? (2)
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Good papers/books/essays about the thought process behind mathematical research
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Strong induction without a base case
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Interesting applications (in pure mathematics) of first-year calculus
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Abstract Thought vs Calculation (2)
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Direct proof of irrationality?
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Slick ways to make annoying verifications
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How do we know that Fermat wrote his famous note in 1637?
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What is the shortest program for which halting is unknown?
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Newton and Newton polygon
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What are the reasons for considering rings without identity?
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Expressing adj(A) as a polynomial in A?
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When did the career of 1 as a prime number begin and when did it end?
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Maximal ideal in polynomial ring
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Theorems which say “such and such method cannot possibly prove FLT”
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Marey’s problem: Generating all prime numbers in $[n_1,n_2]$
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What was the relative importance of FLT vs. higher reciprocity laws in Kummer’s invention of algebraic number theory?
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A condition that implies commutativity
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An example of two elements without a greatest common divisor
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Are there any good nonconstructive “existential metatheorems”?
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Rational exponential expressions
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Characterizing visual proofs
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Assistance with understanding parent/child relationships in Pythagorean Triples
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Variants of Eisenstein irreducibility
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