Timeline for What's a great christmas present for someone with a PhD in Mathematics?
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| Oct 25, 2021 at 3:47 | answer | added | Jorge Zuniga | timeline score: 3 | |
| Oct 25, 2021 at 1:40 | answer | added | Todd Trimble | timeline score: 3 | |
| Dec 21, 2020 at 23:36 | answer | added | Matthieu Latapy | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 17, 2020 at 3:06 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 14, 2020 at 8:28 | comment | added | Fabian Blechschmidt | I love youtube.com/user/standupmaths and Matt Parker wrote a bunch of books about math problems, misunderstandings and failures. | |
| Dec 14, 2020 at 7:21 | answer | added | C.F.G | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 14, 2020 at 2:14 | answer | added | Keith McClary | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 14, 2020 at 1:18 | answer | added | Joe Silverman | timeline score: 18 | |
| Dec 14, 2020 at 1:04 | answer | added | Chris Leary | timeline score: 12 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 20:42 | answer | added | Narasimham | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 18:11 | comment | added | Uwe Ziegenhagen | I do not have enough points to provide a real answer, but how about a Paul Erdos biography: amazon.de/Man-Who-Loved-Only-Numbers/dp/0786884061 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 15:36 | answer | added | efs | timeline score: 9 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 14:18 | answer | added | Dominic van der Zypen | timeline score: 8 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 12:53 | comment | added | Sean Kearon | I don't have enough reputation to add an answer, but The Mathematical Expericence was a book I very much enjoyed when I was an undergraduate. | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 12:22 | comment | added | Mozibur Ullah | @user21820: I'd be happy with a square-1 puzzle for a present. It looks cool! | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 10:42 | answer | added | Dirk | timeline score: 16 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 3:54 | answer | added | none | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 2:27 | answer | added | AndreyF | timeline score: 1 | |
| Dec 13, 2020 at 0:48 | answer | added | qwr | timeline score: 2 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 23:18 | comment | added | bof | I was going to answer your title question with "cash" but I guess that's not appropriate seeing as it's for your dad. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 22:54 | comment | added | user147650 | Am I allowed to go against the grain and suggest not getting your dad a math-related gift? Maybe I am not "mathy" enough but I usually find such gifts a bit boring/easily forgotten (ok, I love the suggestion below about Hagaromo chalk!) | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 21:53 | answer | added | Per Alexandersson | timeline score: 16 | |
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| Dec 12, 2020 at 21:43 | answer | added | KhashF | timeline score: 4 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 21:38 | answer | added | Igor Khavkine | timeline score: 10 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 20:39 | comment | added | bandybabboon | My 101 score is not enough to answer here... GET A 3D PRINTER AND COPY SOME OF THESE TO 3D thingiverse.com/… | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 20:24 | answer | added | user141903 | timeline score: 9 | |
| S Dec 12, 2020 at 16:11 | answer | added | Rita Geraghty | timeline score: 17 | |
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| Dec 12, 2020 at 15:50 | answer | added | Nikolas | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 15:11 | answer | added | Lysistrata | timeline score: 7 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 15:02 | comment | added | user21820 | @user347489: Incidentally, mathematicians who know how to derive the solution for a Rubik's cube typically also can solve most common permutation puzzles, so those who are like me would consider all those puzzles as nothing new. But the Square-1 puzzle is a more sneaky type. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 14:40 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Dec 12, 2020 at 14:05 | answer | added | CaptainCodeman | timeline score: 5 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 12:54 | comment | added | Gordon Royle | Are you sure that Dad is not an MO regular? | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 11:15 | answer | added | Firmin Martin | timeline score: 6 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 10:52 | comment | added | A_S | You can buy a "Hilbert Hat"! ((: | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 9:37 | comment | added | Asaf Karagila♦ | Bottle of really good whisky, a Japanese hand made carbon steel gyuto, a house. All great Christmas gifts from the point of view of this PhD in mathematics. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 8:09 | answer | added | David Lehavi | timeline score: 11 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 7:22 | comment | added | user347489 | Expanding on the Rubik's cube idea: if you know your father enjoys solving the classic 3x3x3 cube, the smallest version of the dodecahedron puzzle only requires the same algorithms as the 3x3x3 cube, so it's really fun and it's a beautiful piece of work. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 6:41 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Dec 12, 2020 at 6:31 | answer | added | Gil Kalai | timeline score: 15 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 6:20 | answer | added | Gil Kalai | timeline score: 25 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 5:28 | answer | added | Anthony Quas | timeline score: 23 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 2:23 | answer | added | user1504 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 1:29 | answer | added | Joseph O'Rourke | timeline score: 15 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 1:21 | comment | added | Deane Yang | @PiotrHajlasz, amen. | |
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| Dec 12, 2020 at 0:27 | answer | added | Louis Deaett | timeline score: 28 | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 0:16 | comment | added | Piotr Hajlasz | Please, keep this question open. It is one of a very few holidays treats we can have in MathOverflow in the depressing time we have. | |
| Dec 12, 2020 at 0:06 | answer | added | Piotr Hajlasz | timeline score: 17 | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:53 | answer | added | Pop | timeline score: 15 | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:35 | comment | added | Deane Yang | I was going to recommend this book, but alas it is sold out. fondationcartier.com/en/editions/… | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:33 | answer | added | Deane Yang | timeline score: 98 | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:32 | answer | added | user44143 | timeline score: 15 | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:30 | comment | added | Michael Engelhardt | Any sort of puzzle of the Rubik's cube type should be pretty good, where you have to assemble, disassemble, entangle, disentangle something or other. | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:20 | answer | added | Gordon Royle | timeline score: 41 | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:11 | comment | added | Gordon Royle | This is entirely not the right website, but I’d like to see what answers you get anyway, so let’s hope the “vote-to-closers” are too busy closing homework questions and let this one survive at least for a while. | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:07 | answer | added | Sam Hopkins | timeline score: 40 | |
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| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:02 | comment | added | Malkoun | I personally would love to have a Math book as a gift. But it is tricky, as your father probably has a good collection of books. | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 23:02 | answer | added | J.J. Green | timeline score: 84 | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 22:47 | comment | added | Alec Rhea | This should obviously be CW, but I support this question existing in the hope that my future children will get me cool math gifts. | |
| Dec 11, 2020 at 22:42 | review | First posts | |||
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| Dec 11, 2020 at 22:39 | history | asked | Antenor Briareo | CC BY-SA 4.0 |