64

Questions
votes newest views recent
2
4
votes
2
answers
208
views

Is there a nice criterion for when the splitting fields of two irreducible polynomials are equal?

apr 4 at 12:50 Peter Mueller 3,780●1●9●18

116
147
votes
7
answers
65k
views

Philosophy behind Mochizuki’s work on the ABC conjecture

feb 22 at 18:21 unknown (yahoo) 171●1●10

66
56
votes
19
answers
9k
views

A soft introduction to physics for mathematicians who don’t know the first thing about physics

dec 12 at 14:17 nabil 81●5

1
2
votes
1
answer
346
views

Why is there no “regular etale fundamental group”?

oct 4 at 18:04 David Speyer 55.2k●3●102●236

1
11
votes
0
answers
271
views

What is the intuition for $\mathbb{Q}^{ab}$ having cohomological dimension $1$?

may 15 12 at 20:57 James D. Taylor 3,669●3●12●42

3
6
votes
2
answers
850
views

Understanding (the wiki page on) Verdier duality

apr 19 12 at 1:11 David Roberts 11.7k●2●18●55

1
1
vote
1
answer
535
views

Which groups are quotients of symmetric groups? [closed]

mar 12 12 at 19:27 Qiaochu Yuan 38.4k●5●116●301

1
3
votes
1
answer
259
views

Are there n polynomials for which all intersection multiplicities are at least m?

feb 12 12 at 23:47 Florian Eisele 1,271●3●9

1
5
votes
4
answers
469
views

What is the obstruction for a local set of models of a curve to come from a global model?

jan 31 12 at 9:41 Chandan Singh Dalawat 11.5k●1●39●73

2
7
votes
2
answers
1k
views

What are Galois Categories used for?

jan 12 12 at 21:35 Tim Porter 3,735●6●14

1 2 3 4 5 … 7 next