15

Questions

15
26
votes
9
answers
2k
views

Covering maps in real life that can be demonstrated to students

mar 14 at 8:52 Sergey Melikhov 3,6921219

2
6
votes
9
answers
909
views

Examples where adding complexity made a problem simpler

dec 1 at 3:15 Brian Rushton 1,317419

8
32
votes
1
answer
865
views

The human body’s random number generator

dec 31 at 13:57 Brian Rushton 1,317419

11
21
votes
10
answers
844
views

Great mathematics books by pre-modern authors

apr 19 at 14:56 Alexandre Eremenko 10.6k12439

5
16
votes
2
answers
665
views

How does hyperbolicity of space time affect our lives?

mar 15 at 18:33 Y Macdisi 1475

2
8
votes
1
answer
568
views

Topology, the board game

mar 13 at 18:01 Adam Epstein 946212

5
14
votes
0
answers
560
views

Horrible sets and blowups in Hubbard’s Teichmuller theory

dec 2 at 3:22 Brian Rushton 1,317419

 
4
votes
2
answers
542
views

Eigenvalues of nonnegative integer matrices

nov 16 at 1:55 Brian Rushton 1,317419

3
7
votes
1
answer
301
views

Why isn’t $\langle x,y,z|xyzx^{-1}y^{-1}z^{-1}\rangle$ a hyperbolic surface group?

may 7 at 14:16 Lee Mosher 5,8061926

 
6
votes
0
answers
266
views

Would a closed universe with special relativity violate causality? Does the universe have to be simply connected?

apr 2 at 18:22 Brian Rushton 1,317419

1 2 next