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Do skew symmetric matrices ever naturally represent linear transformations?
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Where might I find a scanned handwritten copy of Ramanujan's second letter to Hardy?
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Is there an elegant algebraic proof of this formula for quadratic field discriminants?
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Introductory reading on the Scholz reflection principle?
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Did Hermite really prove "Hermite's Theorem" on number field discriminants?
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Choice of normalization of the finite Fourier transform
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What exactly does this diagram of Omar Khayyam represent?
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Does the equation $1 + 2 + 3 + \dots = -\frac{1}{12}$ have a natural $p$-adic interpretation?
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Does the quadratic form $x^2 - 7y^2$ represent infinitely many primes, with the restriction that $0 < y < x/10$?
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Good combinatorics textbooks for teaching undergraduates?
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Exact formulas for the partition function?
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Good ways to engage in mathematics outreach?
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What should be learned in an introductory analytic number theory course?
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How misleading is it to regard $\frac{dy}{dx}$ as a fraction?
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What does Mellin inversion "really mean"?
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Is strong approximation difficult?
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Are there any "related rates" calculus problems that don't feel contrived?
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How to motivate and present epsilon-delta proofs to undergraduates?
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Should the formula for the inverse of a 2x2 matrix be obvious?
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How to mentor an exceptional high school student?
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College (Euclidean) geometry textbook recommendations
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How should an analytic number theorist look at Bessel functions?
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How should a number theorist learn a modest amount of algebraic geometry?
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