Alon Amit

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Name Alon Amit
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Math Circler, ex-Googler and Dad. Now at Facebook.
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Maximal ideals in the ring of continuous real-valued functions on R

jul 28 11 at 6:18 Alon Amit 4,025●14●38

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Proof of no rational point on Selmer’s Curve 3x^3+4y^3+5z^3=0

apr 19 11 at 23:44 Ho Chung Siu 1,730●1●11●20

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Analytic density of the set of primes starting with 1

dec 17 09 at 6:51 Alon Amit 4,025●14●38

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A parametrization of Heronian triangles

dec 29 09 at 20:24 Gjergji Zaimi 37.4k●2●72●149

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Two finite groups with the same identical relations?

dec 28 09 at 11:56 Martin Brandenburg 29k●2●45●129

 

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Proofs without words (2)
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Checking if two graphs have the same universal cover
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Most memorable titles
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Finite extension of fields with no primitive element
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Undergraduate Level Math Books
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What are the most overloaded words in mathematics? (3)
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Is there a “finitary” solution to the Basel problem?
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What should be offered in undergraduate mathematics that’s currently not (or isn’t usually)?
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What are the worst notations, in your opinion ?
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A riddle about zeros, ones and minus-ones
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Are all polynomial inequalities deducible from the trivial inequality?
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Is there an image for you that epitomizes mathematics?
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Advice on doing mathematical research
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Generalizations of Planar Graphs
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Combinatorial results without known combinatorial proofs
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What introductory book on Graph Theory would you recommend?
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How should I approximate real numbers by algebraic ones?
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What’s the “best” proof of quadratic reciprocity?
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Why does randomness work in numerical algorithms?
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Open source mathematical software.
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Computing the maximum salary
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Is a subgroup of a free abelian group free abelian?
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Do good math jokes exist?
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What do models where the CH is false look like?
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Introductory text on geometric group theory?
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Are there any interesting connections between Game Theory and Algebraic Topology?
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About an exercise in Serre’s “Trees”
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Examples of theorems misapplied to non-mathematical contexts (2)
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roots of permutations
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A historical question: Hurwitz, Luroth, Clebsch, and the connectedness of M_g
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