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Striking existence theorems with mild conditions, and simple to state: more recent examples?
I would like to write an article about powerful existence theorems that assert, under mild and simple conditions, that some basic pattern or regularity exist. See some examples below. By mild ...
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Concepts in topology successfully transferred to graph theory and combinatorics with non-trivial applications?
What are some of the difficult concepts in topology that have been transferred to graph theory and combinatorics where a certain new application has been found.
A good example is Lovász's proof of ...
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Cryptomorphisms
I am curious to collect examples of equivalent axiomatizations of mathematical structures. The two examples that I have in mind are
Topological Spaces. These can be defined in terms of open sets, ...