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Philosophy behind Mochizuki’s work on the ABC conjecture

nt.number-theory ag.algebraic-geometry intuition motivation

may 29 at 11:58 Arxenar 1

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Best Algebraic Geometry text book? (other than Hartshorne)

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may 15 at 2:01 mdmd 1

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Have we ever lost any mathematics?

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dec 16 at 16:16 Rodrigo A. Pérez 1,770●9●22

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What are some examples of ingenious, unexpected constructions?

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aug 25 at 22:25 Xarles 193●1●6

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Are all zeros of $\Gamma(s) \pm \Gamma(1-s)$ on a line with real part = $\frac12$ ?

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apr 18 12 at 16:33 Lavender Honey 6,044●1●30●69

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Galois Groups vs. Fundamental Groups

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oct 4 10 at 16:25 Minhyong Kim 7,219●5●30●52

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Derived Functors Versus Spectral Sequences

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aug 24 at 4:47 Sándor Kovács 23.8k●2●53●73

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Irreducibility of polynomials in two variables

polynomials nt.number-theory ac.commutative-algebra

jan 15 at 10:06 Tim Browning 186●1●1

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To which extent can one recover a manifold from its group of homeomorphisms

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mar 29 12 at 13:30 Misha 13k●1●26●48

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Limit of a series of singularities

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apr 21 at 15:48 Graham Leuschke 3,656●1●10●20

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Video lectures for Algebraic Geometry

reference-request ag.algebraic-geometry

may 8 12 at 10:37 algebrastudent 1

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Criteria for irreducibility of polynomial

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aug 29 at 12:23 Michael Zieve 493●1●9

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Morse theory and homology of an algebraic surface (example)

ag.algebraic-geometry at.algebraic-topology dg.differential-geometry

aug 30 at 14:29 Liviu Nicolaescu 11.5k●1●21●33

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The difference between a handle decomposition and a CW decomposition

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jan 26 12 at 11:23 Ronnie Brown 5,486●19●21

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Extending birational isomorphisms between planar curves to the P^2

ag.algebraic-geometry algebraic-curves curves-and-surfaces birational-geometry

jun 24 at 20:31 Jérémy Blanc 1,697●1●4●13