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Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts

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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

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What are some famous rejections of correct mathematics?

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Proofs without words

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Does homeomorphic and isomorphic always imply homeomorphically isomorphic?

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Famous mathematical quotes

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Why do I need densities in order to integrate on a non-orientable manifold?

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"Mathematics talk" for five year olds

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How To Present Mathematics To Non-Mathematicians?

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Which mathematical ideas have done most to change history?

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Teaching homology via everyday examples

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Integrating powers without much calculus

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What out-of-print books would you like to see re-printed?

answered Mar 15, 2010 at 15:05

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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

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Books about history of recent mathematics

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How should one think about sheafification and the difference between a sheaf and a presheaf

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Nonstandard proofs of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic

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Nice applications of the spectral theorem?

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Resources for teaching arithmetic to calculus students

answered Nov 5, 2010 at 21:42

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What is convolution intuitively?

answered Aug 15, 2012 at 3:17

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Analogies between analogies

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Set theory and alternative foundations

answered Dec 4, 2009 at 19:24

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Randall Munroe's Lost Immortals

answered Oct 14, 2014 at 21:15

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Do mathematicians rely on senses other than vision and hearing?

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Small complete categories in a Grothendieck topos

answered Dec 31, 2010 at 22:17

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A book you would like to write

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Motivating the de Rham theorem

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Open problems with monetary rewards

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Are there examples of non-orientable manifolds in nature?

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Question Regarding Riemann-Hurwitz Formula Proof

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Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts

What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

What are some famous rejections of correct mathematics?

Proofs without words

Does homeomorphic and isomorphic always imply homeomorphically isomorphic?

Famous mathematical quotes

Why do I need densities in order to integrate on a non-orientable manifold?

"Mathematics talk" for five year olds

How To Present Mathematics To Non-Mathematicians?

Which mathematical ideas have done most to change history?

Teaching homology via everyday examples

Integrating powers without much calculus

What out-of-print books would you like to see re-printed?

What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

Books about history of recent mathematics

How should one think about sheafification and the difference between a sheaf and a presheaf

Nonstandard proofs of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic

Nice applications of the spectral theorem?

Resources for teaching arithmetic to calculus students

What is convolution intuitively?

Analogies between analogies

Set theory and alternative foundations

Randall Munroe's Lost Immortals

Do mathematicians rely on senses other than vision and hearing?

Small complete categories in a Grothendieck topos

A book you would like to write

Motivating the de Rham theorem

Open problems with monetary rewards

Are there examples of non-orientable manifolds in nature?

Question Regarding Riemann-Hurwitz Formula Proof