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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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Where to find (personal) motivation
It is psychologically much easier to work on a problem jointly with another mathematician. It doesn't have to be a face-to-face interaction, although it is preferable.
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Assessing effectiveness of (epsilon, delta) definitions
I believe that epsilon-delta definition is immediately appealing to students with a certain clarity of mind, who find the heuristic notion of limit vague and confusing. It certainly was the case with …
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Advice for pure-math Phd students
The first piece of advice I give all of my students is to have a plan B if the math thing does not work out. There is nothing more pitiful than a person who is trying to hold on to a bad job in academ …