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Good ways to engage in mathematics outreach?

jan 3 11 at 16:10 Tim Porter 3,735●6●14

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Should the formula for the inverse of a 2x2 matrix be obvious?

feb 26 12 at 5:53 Noam D. Elkies 18.1k●4●63●91

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How misleading is it to regard $\frac{dy}{dx}$ as a fraction?

oct 22 at 3:07 timur 1,299●1●9●19

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Are there any “related rates” calculus problems that don’t feel contrived?

may 22 at 3:52 Jim Belk 2,072●4●16

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How should a number theorist learn a modest amount of algebraic geometry?

dec 9 at 18:15 Greg Kuperberg 36.3k●2●116●179

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How should an analytic number theorist look at Bessel functions?

aug 31 at 21:01 Frank Thorne 3,833●1●20●50

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Does the equation $1 + 2 + 3 + \dots = -\frac{1}{12}$ have a natural $p$-adic interpretation?

jan 2 12 at 11:46 Denis Chaperon de Lauzières 2,194●2●8

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What does Mellin inversion “really mean”?

feb 19 at 17:11 Michael Rubinstein 31●1

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What should be learned in an introductory analytic number theory course?

may 29 at 15:24 Pietro Majer 19.7k●1●24●69

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How to motivate and present epsilon-delta proofs to undergraduates?

feb 17 12 at 18:33 Kiumars 301●1●6

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