Questions tagged [online-resources]
For questions seeking recommendations for online mathematics resources that are useful at a research level.
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Errata database?
Some authors do a really great job by collecting errors and comments to their books and putting a list on their websites. I wonder if there is some (perhaps wiki-style) website where errata are ...
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Best online mathematics videos?
I know of two good mathematics videos available online, namely:
Sphere inside out (part I and part II)
Moebius transformation revealed
Do you know of any other good math videos? Share.
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Is a free alternative to MathSciNet possible?
How could a free (i.e. free content) alternative for MathSciNet and Zentralblatt be created?
Comments
Some mathematicians have stopped writing reviews for MathSciNet because they feel their output ...
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Are there any good websites for hosting discussions of mathematical papers?
I was wondering if there are any websites out there which
systematically provide space for the discussion of mathematics articles (particularly those on the arXiv, though not necessarily just those),...
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Video lectures of mathematics courses available online for free
It can be difficult to learn mathematics on your own from textbooks, and I often wish universities videotaped their mathematics courses and distributed them for free online. Fortunately, some ...
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What could be some potentially useful mathematical databases?
This is a soft question but it's not meant as a big-list question. I have recently been asked whether I want to provide feedback at the pre-beta stage on a forthcoming website that will provide a ...
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Resources for learning practical category theory
I've been doing functional programming, primarily in OCaml, for a couple years now, and have recently ventured into the land of monads. I'm able to work them now, and understand how to use them, but ...
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Which tools can identify scholarly papers that use the same types of equations?
Many types of equations are being used in multiple contexts, so a search for specific formulas might be one way to identify scholarly papers that are conceptually related.
Is any website or tool ...
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Wayback Machine for mathematics?
I have had a couple of experiences recently which have made me wonder whether the mathematics community should try to establish and maintain something like the Wayback Machine, but specifically ...
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Where to find Astérisque online?
Is there a place online where one can download papers that have appeared in the Astérisque if "your institution subscribes"? I am especially interested in back issues: Astérisque series published a ...
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Online events during the quarantine
With many places on earth subjected to quarantine and large gathering prohibited, there are announcements of online seminars and talks open to people around the world. The talks can be conducted via ...
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Where on the internet I can find a database of graphs?
I am studying graph algorithms.
I need a database of graphs on which I can test my algorithms.
Where can I find a reliable database of graphs of all kinds?
Thanks!
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Is there a database for tracking the dependencies of mathematical theorems?
Given a proof for a result, one could denote the proof as a node on a graph, and then draw arrows to the node from axioms and previous results that the proof uses, and then draw arrows from the node ...
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Atlas-like websites on specific areas of mathematics
In this post, we look for the existing atlas-like websites providing well-presented classifications or database about some specific areas of mathematics. Here are some examples:
GroupNames: https://...
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Sources for BibTeX entries
Does anyone know of a good place to find already-done BibTeX entries for standard books in advanced math? Or is this impossible because the citation should include items specific to your copy? (I am ...
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Wiki for consequences of axiom of choice?
I raised the following question as part of another MO question, but I am following the suggestion of Nate Eldredge to make it a question in its own right.
For many years, there has a been a valuable ...
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Combinatorial databases
At one point, I remember being excited by seeing the website Encyclopedia of Combinatorial Structures as an extension of Sloane's Online Integer Sequence Database site. Unfortunately, the site (ECS) ...
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Link Repository of International Dissertations
This question (cry for help?) grew out of Colin Tan's question: does anyone have a copy of schmid’s effective work on hilbert 17th? which was a request for a copy of an Habilitationsschrift.
We've ...
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Examples of (Git) open math (texts) projects
I am an active part of a research project on the positive effects of open math projects on the community. With open math projects I have in mind a particular thing, namely a GIT project on mathematics ...
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LMS Lectures on Geometric Langlands
Everybody knows how insightful are David Ben-Zvi talks (and comments/answers here on mathoverflow). I was trying to watch the LMS 2007 Lecture Series on Geometric Langlands by David, supposedly made ...
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Are there any recordings of Grothendieck online?
Illusie mentions tape recordings of Grothendieck explaining his trace formula and more. Are they or similar recordings online? I guess, even if (what I doubt) everything he thought about that is ...
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Permission to use Online Notes
I am a new professor in Mathematics and I am running an independent study on Diophantine equations with a student of mine. Online I have found a wealth of very helpful expository notes written by ...
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Is there a connection between representation theory and PDEs?
As a PhD student, if I want to do something algebraic / linear-algebraic such as representation theory as well as do PDEs, in both the theoretical and numerical aspects of PDEs, would this combination ...
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Resources where I can find open problems in number theory along with their level of difficulty
NOTE: I will not accept an answer because a lot of answers are really good and if anyone want to post under this question later then they are most welcome to post as comment or answer because it will ...
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Online introduction to Lattice Theory?
Apart from J. B Nation's Notes on Lattice Theory, is there any other (mostly introductory) material on Lattices available online?
NB: The last update of Nation's notes was 2017, as of Feb 2023.
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Database of finite presentations of used groups
Do You know any kind of database of presentations of groups?
It may be on-line or off-line in form of tables, ideally case would be integrated in some Computer Algebra System. I am interested the ...
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Resource request: Moyal $\star$-product based calculations
I already asked two questions about the Moyal $\star$-product here and here but I think I'll have a lot more similar questions, so I'm wondering if anyone can help me with finding some good resources.
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Best way to find recent papers in a special field of mathematics?
My subjects of interest are Geometry of Banach spaces, renorming theory and fixed point theory. When I want to find recent papers in these fields of mathematics, mostly, I search name of paper, say, ...
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