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Why is the Hahn-Banach thorem so important? [closed]

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Why were Abelian functions so important in the 19th century?

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Are there any areas of mathematics that lie dormant? [closed]

may 11 10 at 15:23 André Henriques 15.3k●2●30●85

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Why are modular forms (usually) defined only for congruence subgroups?

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