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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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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?
This is a little off the mark (from a textbook), but Exercise VIII.8.3 of Sarason's [Notes on] Complex Function Theory is:
Stand straight with feet about one
meter apart, hands on hips. Bend at …
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Most interesting mathematics mistake?
I find this one (it is not in the same vein as the ones that have been posted here so far, this is not a pure math mistake) to be interesting and instructive to students:
patriot missile failure due t …
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Most helpful math resources on the web
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