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Canonical examples of algebraic structures

jan 8 at 14:39 Ben Linowitz 1,615●2●18

 
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erfc lower bound

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Definition of elementary number theory

jan 9 at 23:04 Ben Linowitz 1,615●2●18

 
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Examples of random variables

nov 17 at 18:27 Mark Meckes 1,510●3●14

 
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Harmonic mean of random variables

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Famous mathematical quotes (2)
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Memorizing theorems
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Fundamental Examples
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Most helpful math resources on the web
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What are the most overloaded words in mathematics?
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What programming languages do mathematicians use?
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What is the first interesting theorem in (insert subject here)?
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Mathematical podcasts/audio
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Best Algebraic Geometry text book? (other than Hartshorne)
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Advice on doing mathematical research
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Finding minimal or canonical expressions for Boolean truth tables
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Intuition for Integral Transforms
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What can’t be described by categories?
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Why do functions in complex analysis behave so well? (as opposed to functions in real analysis)
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Most helpful heuristic?
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Examples of great mathematical writing
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Finding the new zeros of a “perturbed” polynomial
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Why do Groups and Abelian Groups feel so different?
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What are examples of good toy models in mathematics?
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about Function of Random variables
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Great mathematical figures and/or diagrams?
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What examples of distributions should I keep in mind?
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Set theory for category theory beginners
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The factorial of -1, -2, -3, …
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Why isn’t Likelihood a Probability Density Function?
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What’s an efficient way to calculate covariance for a large data set?
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Numerical algorithms on mixed-precision computational models.
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What is convolution intuitively?
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Cocktail party math
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Why does randomness work in numerical algorithms?
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