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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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Are there journals for "fun mathematics"?

I agree this usually goes under the name "recreational mathematics." I'd suggest looking at The Mathematical Gazette as well, which has a range of articles including short notes and problems.
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Theorems with many proofs

I think two important characteristics are The importance of the theorem itself The extent of connections within the subject These two are not, of course, mutually exclusive! This book is a recent di …
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Quirky, non-rigorous, yet inspiring, literature in mathematics

This book is very elementary, but has a lot of excellent material. @BOOK{Polya54, author = {Polya, G.}, title = {Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning. Vol.1: Induction and Analogy in …
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What do you call an object constructed as part of a proof?

I find myself wanting to talk about parts of a proof, e.g. the role played by mathematical expressions within a proof. When proving a theorem it is common to construct some kind of object and then pro …
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