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Questions that are about research in mathematics, or about the job of a research mathematician, without being mathematical problems or statements in the strictest sense. Do not use this tag for easy or supposedly easy mathematical questions.
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How to respond to "I was never much good at maths at school."
"Why Nerds are Unpopular" by Paul Graham has some interesting points if someone wants to discuss how someone can be good at technical subjects.
Generally, I just take it in stride that a lot of peopl …
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What should be offered in undergraduate mathematics that's currently not (or isn't usually)?
I had a course on "Asymptotic Enumeration" that was an advanced graduate level course that was fun and wish had an undergrad form.
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Theorems for nothing (and the proofs for free)
That there are infinitely many primes has some simple proofs, but I remember being shown that the sum of the reciprocals of the primes diverges which had some more machinery in it that was kind of nea …
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How does the work of a pure mathematician impact society?
From What is Pure Mathematics? :
Finance and cryptography are current examples of areas to which pure
mathematics is applied in significant ways.
While Pure Mathematics may not have immediate, …