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“Are you more intelligent than the average of those who are more intelligent than the average?”

pr.probability sequences

sep 20 10 at 21:11 Nate Eldredge 5,748●24●48

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“Softness” vs “rigidity” in Geometry

geometry big-picture geometric-structures ct.category-theory soft-question

dec 13 at 16:04 Timothy Chow 14.6k●1●68●137

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Are there any “homotopical spaces” ?

big-picture homotopy-theory soft-question

apr 29 10 at 1:41 Jeff Strom 3,514●1●6●19

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Interesting mathematical topics arising from Biology

applied big-picture

sep 3 11 at 1:48 Scott McKuen 236●2●7

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Mathematics of path integral: state of the art

quantum-field-theory soft-question big-picture

apr 5 10 at 17:41 Tim van Beek 1,001●3●15

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What is the Zariski topology good/bad for?

ag.algebraic-geometry sheaf-theory

jul 31 10 at 18:01 Sean Tilson 2,362●9●24

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Characterizing specific “concrete” mathematical objects by abstract general properties

universal-property ct.category-theory big-picture

nov 19 at 14:10 Qfwfq 8,482●33●85

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What is descent theory?

descent ag.algebraic-geometry ct.category-theory

3h ago Qfwfq 8,482●33●85

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Algebraic (semi-) Riemannian geometry ?

ag.algebraic-geometry riemannian-geometry

nov 25 10 at 0:14 jvp 5,380●1●8●23

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The Frobenius morphism

characteristic-p ag.algebraic-geometry schemes group-schemes

dec 21 10 at 6:07 Thomas Riepe 5,897●1●24●56