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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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Which fields could be applied to neurosciences?
Non-negative Matrix Factorization (cf e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-negative_matrix_factorization) plays a role in knowledge representation and extraction.
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Obscure Names in Mathematics [closed]
I recently stumbled over the "Happy Ending Problem" (cf e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Ending_problem), which made we wonder, if there are other conjectures, theorems or problems, whose names …
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How Much Flesh to the Bones does an Initial Online Publication need?
Background of my question is the following: I have found a solution for my question Smoothness Conditions for Planar “Mock-parametric” Spline Interpolation and while developing the solution, I encount …
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Typed Values in Formulas
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are there any "standard" ways of indicating the meaning of numerical values in formulas, resp. general mathematical texts (theorems, proofs, etc.)?
I am especially looking for suggestions …
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What are Interesting Questions about Families of Graphs?
In my recreational occupation with the TSP I encountered a family of graphs, which I would like to call "Möbius Sponges" because they generalize the Möbius Ladder graphs in a way, that may provide an …
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First uses of the term "crackpottery" in mathematics [closed]
I first stumbled over the term crackpottery on MO and as I am not a native English speaker, I had first assumed that the meaning were pots for making crack, i.e. the drug of the name crack.
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Origins of Axiomatic Reasoning
Is there any evidence that axiomatic reasoning has been used prior to Thales of Milet (624-547BC), who is generally credited for the "invention" of axioms.
In this context I understand axioms in the …
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How to find volunteer reviewers?
I am currently in a little dilemma about publishing a result related to general matching.
The dilemma is, that I am not associated to any research institute and thus do not have contact to professiona …
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Re-typesetting historic math papers
What do I have to take into consideration when re-typesetting mathematical papers that are freely avaible online
if the authors are still living
if the authors have already passed away
as there won' …
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Early examples of proof appraisals [closed]
What are the earliest known examples for attributing proofs as 'deep', 'elegant' or 'beautiful' (or their equivalents in other languages)?
Gauß for example called one of his results 'remarkable' Theo …
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Geometric formulation of the subject of machine learning
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what is the geometric interpretation of the subject of machine learning and/or deep learning?
Being "forced" to have a closer look at the subject, I have the impression that it all boils d …
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Future of complexity classes in case NP=P
The P=NP question is still unresolved and there is no hope that the situation will ever change.
Assume now the hypothetic situation that P=NP had been confirmed:
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what will become of the co …
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Collection of Mathematical Constants
I recently stumbled over the large collection of mathematical constants of Mauro Fiorentini; it is in Italian and appears to be something in the vein of the famous OEIS, however maintained by a single …
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Oddities of evenness
Being initially a little bit perplexed by the observation that the possibility of calculating vertex potentials $\lbrace\pi_1,\dots,\pi_n\rbrace$ for weighted cycle graphs $C_n,\,2\lt n$ such that the …
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Examples of complicated parametric Jordan curves
For test purposes I need parametric Jordan curves that are complicated in the sense of having many inflection points and ideally no symmetries.
When doing online search I always land at complex analys …
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