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History and philosophy of mathematics, biographies of mathematicians, mathematics education, recreational mathematics, communication of mathematics.

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What are examples of mathematical concepts named after the wrong people? (Stigler's law)

I think the Kazhdan-Lusztig Conjectures are due to Vogan. EDIT. True or false, the claim is mainly based on the very first two paragraphs of [II] Irreducible characters of semisimple Lie groups II. T …
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What if Current Foundations of Mathematics are Inconsistent? [closed]

The title of the question is also the title of a talk by Vladimir Voevodsky, available here. Had this kind of opinion been expressed before? EDIT. Thanks to all answerers, commentators, voters, an …
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Galois theory timeline

EDIT. Here is the part of the answer that has been rewritten: We give below a short proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Galois Theory (FTGT) for finite degree extensions. We derive the FTGT from two …
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