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Is Galois theory necessary (in a basic graduate algebra course)?

mar 24 12 at 0:06 philip dabous 1●1

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What are “classical groups”?

dec 8 11 at 13:52 Alain Valette 6,429●14●26

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Origin of terms “flag”, “flag manifold”, “flag variety”?

jan 31 at 17:13 Al-burcas 101●1●3

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Is there a reasonable way to refer to a 23 page article with 28 authors?

oct 15 10 at 13:09 Wadim Zudilin 8,674●1●24●59

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How did “Ore’s Conjecture” become a conjecture?

oct 21 11 at 18:45 Jim Humphreys 26k●37●82

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What role does the “dual Coxeter number” play in Lie theory (and should it be called the “Kac number”)?

dec 18 11 at 4:27 brandyn 175●5

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Origin of symbol *l* for a prime different from a fixed prime?

sep 2 10 at 11:17 Franz Lemmermeyer 17.2k●1●38●101

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Comparing algebraic group orbits over big and small algebraically closed fields

feb 23 at 21:17 anon 101●2

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Can Wikipedia be a reliable (and sustainable) resource for advanced mathematics? [closed]

mar 28 10 at 22:18 Pete L. Clark 39.5k●3●102●225

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What is a “block” in an abelian category?

feb 1 11 at 14:13 Sheikraisinrollbank 885●2●6

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