User Michael Hardy

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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand

answered Jul 1, 2012 at 19:48

115 votes

Proofs that require fundamentally new ways of thinking

answered Dec 9, 2010 at 17:25

79 votes

Statistics for mathematicians

answered Jul 13, 2010 at 19:40

62 votes

Examples of seemingly elementary problems that are hard to solve?

answered Sep 18, 2011 at 2:45

41 votes

What is convolution intuitively?

answered Nov 19, 2010 at 16:34

41 votes

Unnecessary uses of the axiom of choice

answered Feb 17, 2022 at 21:22

32 votes

Mathematicians with both “very abstract” and “very applied” achievements

answered Jan 1, 2020 at 16:17

29 votes

Extremely messy proofs

answered Mar 30, 2011 at 22:41

28 votes

How misleading is it to regard $\frac{dy}{dx}$ as a fraction?

answered Aug 23, 2011 at 17:51

27 votes

Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

answered Jun 6, 2010 at 19:52

24 votes

Why are so few operations with arity bigger than 2?

answered Dec 14, 2010 at 21:59

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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

answered Oct 5, 2011 at 16:33

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What are the most misleading alternate definitions in taught mathematics?

answered Feb 24, 2016 at 17:12

22 votes

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Anti-delta function?

answered Jan 31, 2022 at 6:43

20 votes

Motivation and physical interpretation of the Laplace transform

answered Feb 16 at 6:44

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Famous mathematicians with background in arts/humanities/law etc

answered Sep 28, 2011 at 22:34

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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

answered Mar 3, 2011 at 18:01

19 votes

Most intricate and most beautiful structures in mathematics

answered Dec 12, 2010 at 18:04

19 votes

Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples?

answered Sep 17, 2010 at 12:49

19 votes

Why is it so cool to square numbers (in terms of finding the standard deviation)?

answered Mar 22, 2015 at 2:02

17 votes

Most memorable titles

answered Nov 3, 2010 at 19:19

16 votes

Why don't more mathematicians improve Wikipedia articles?

answered May 30, 2013 at 5:24

15 votes

Writing "Semi-Formal" Proofs

answered Feb 14, 2011 at 22:53

15 votes

Papers that debunk common myths in the history of mathematics

answered Jun 2, 2010 at 17:34

14 votes

Dimensional Analysis in Mathematics

answered May 3, 2011 at 0:41

14 votes

Small ideas that became big

answered Aug 15, 2020 at 16:37

14 votes

Your favorite surprising connections in mathematics

answered Jun 24, 2022 at 0:16

13 votes

Old books you would like to have reprinted with high-quality typesetting

answered Dec 18, 2018 at 0:09

13 votes

Examples of "unsuccessful" theories with afterlives

answered Sep 19, 2019 at 5:11

12 votes

Why tropical geometry?

answered Dec 18, 2011 at 1:47

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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand

Proofs that require fundamentally new ways of thinking

Statistics for mathematicians

Examples of seemingly elementary problems that are hard to solve?

What is convolution intuitively?

Unnecessary uses of the axiom of choice

Mathematicians with both “very abstract” and “very applied” achievements

Extremely messy proofs

How misleading is it to regard $\frac{dy}{dx}$ as a fraction?

Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

Why are so few operations with arity bigger than 2?

Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

What are the most misleading alternate definitions in taught mathematics?

Anti-delta function?

Motivation and physical interpretation of the Laplace transform

Famous mathematicians with background in arts/humanities/law etc

Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

Most intricate and most beautiful structures in mathematics

Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples?

Why is it so cool to square numbers (in terms of finding the standard deviation)?

Most memorable titles

Why don't more mathematicians improve Wikipedia articles?

Writing "Semi-Formal" Proofs

Papers that debunk common myths in the history of mathematics

Dimensional Analysis in Mathematics

Small ideas that became big

Your favorite surprising connections in mathematics

Old books you would like to have reprinted with high-quality typesetting

Examples of "unsuccessful" theories with afterlives

Why tropical geometry?