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What classification theorems have been improved by re-categorizing?
"Classification" might be a very strong word for this example, but I think real quadratic polynomials underwent something like the development you describe. They are classified by their discriminant: …
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"Mathematics talk" for five year olds
If there are more than 26 kids in the group, you can tell them you know for sure that two of them have names starting with the same letter (more than 12: birthday in the same month, and so on). In a c …