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Why can’t there be a general theory of nonlinear PDE?

jan 10 12 at 20:37 Liviu Nicolaescu 11.3k●1●20●33

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What are some famous rejections of correct mathematics?

feb 19 10 at 1:18 Andrew Mullhaupt 79●1●7

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What is the best way to peel fruit?

may 28 10 at 17:41 S. Carnahan♦ 25.6k●41●90

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(How) is category theory actually useful in actual physics?

aug 8 10 at 10:40 Konrad Waldorf 1,905●1●13●15

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What are some applications of other fields to mathematics?

11h ago unknown (google) 1

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Why is algebraic geometry so over-represented on this site? [closed]

nov 20 09 at 19:43 Greg Muller 7,447●1●21●52

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Why don’t existence and uniqueness for the Boltzmann equation imply the same for Navier-Stokes?

may 24 10 at 3:53 none 1

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What results would follow from or imply “randomness” of the primes?

may 21 11 at 4:43 Douglas Zare 13.2k●3●36●58

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Why is “abelian” infrequently capitalized?

feb 3 11 at 22:12 John Bentin 770●1●4●11

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Are there any known quantum algorithms that clearly fall outside a few narrow classes?

jul 28 10 at 10:11 Ashley Montanaro 508●4●8

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