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Why are modular forms interesting?

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nov 2 11 at 20:59 Daniel Parry 728●5●10

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Does Physics need non-analytic smooth functions?

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apr 25 at 6:54 ACL 4,285●12●24

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Why certain diophantine equations are interesting (and others are not) ?

diophantine-equations arithmetic soft-question nt.number-theory

oct 25 10 at 16:12 Minhyong Kim 7,219●5●30●52

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How to know if somebody else is also working on your problem?

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apr 28 10 at 1:46 Pete L. Clark 40k●4●103●227

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Why is Set, and not Rel, so ubiquitous in mathematics?

soft-question big-picture relation-algebra ct.category-theory

may 20 at 6:23 Wlodzimierz Holsztynski 1,214●5●12

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Is there a quaternionic algebraic geometry ?

quaternions ag.algebraic-geometry noncommutative-geometry

jan 14 11 at 11:55 Roberto Frigerio 1,849●6●14

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Various flavours of infinitesimals

big-picture differentials nonstandard-analysis noncommutative-geometry

jul 6 11 at 14:24 Todd Trimble 22.7k●1●64●97

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Why torsion is important in (co)homology ?

ag.algebraic-geometry at.algebraic-topology cohomology homology

dec 10 10 at 18:29 Ryan Budney 21.8k●1●41●102

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Proper subgroup of GL(n,Z) isomorphic to GL(n,Z)?

gr.group-theory rt.representation-theory group-schemes

sep 16 10 at 9:56 Wilberd van der Kallen 1,320●1●5●11

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Standard model of particle physics for mathematicians

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mar 12 11 at 22:33 Peter Woit 719●3●7