Peter Humphries

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PhD student at Princeton University

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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics. [closed]

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apr 16 at 19:41 Benjamin Steinberg 10.7k●1●14●49

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What’s a mathematician to do? [closed]

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jan 1 12 at 5:54 Joe Silverman 7,800●24●45

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Most helpful math resources on the web

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If $f$ is infinitely differentiable then $f$ coincides with a polynomial

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feb 2 at 10:46 i707107 794●3●8

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Why are modular forms interesting?

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nov 2 11 at 20:59 Daniel Parry 708●5●10

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Why does the Riemann zeta function have non-trivial zeros?

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mar 28 12 at 2:17 chei 1

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Gaussian prime spirals

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feb 17 at 1:03 Joseph O'Rourke 43.3k●1●49●214

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Open project: Let’s compute the Fourier expansion of a non-solvable algebraic Maass form.

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jun 14 at 6:00 Chandan Singh Dalawat 11.5k●1●39●73

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Why should I believe the Mordell Conjecture?

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jul 7 11 at 23:31 Minhyong Kim 7,179●5●30●52

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Where is number theory used in the rest of mathematics?

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aug 21 at 17:08 Kjetil B Halvorsen 916●4●8

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Good papers/books/essays about the thought process behind mathematical research

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mar 19 at 13:13 Alan Bundy 1

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Is Fourier analysis a special case of representation theory or an analogue?

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dec 6 at 0:36 Steve Huntsman 8,139●1●22●56

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Consequences of the Riemann hypothesis

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nov 22 at 6:26 KConrad 17k●3●61●117

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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 6,024●30●69

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How does “modern” number theory contribute to further understanding of $\mathbb{N}$?

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jan 19 at 9:06 Chandan Singh Dalawat 11.5k●1●39●73