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Is there an introduction to probability theory from a structuralist/categorical perspective?

answered Apr 9, 2010 at 12:28

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What is a good method to find random points on the n-sphere when n is large?

answered Jul 10, 2013 at 19:17

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How to generate random points in $\ell_p$ balls?

answered Dec 17, 2009 at 18:23

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Cool problems to impress students with group theory

answered Jan 29, 2010 at 3:05

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What's an example of a space that needs the Hahn-Banach Theorem?

answered Nov 13, 2009 at 15:08

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Do plane projections determine a convex polytope?

answered Feb 19, 2010 at 14:34

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Capitalization of theorem names

answered Jun 10, 2010 at 13:56

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Which journals publish expository work?

answered Feb 16, 2010 at 15:16

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A good book of functional analysis

answered Aug 9, 2011 at 16:20

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Why do we care about $L^p$ spaces besides $p = 1$, $p = 2$, and $p = \infty$?

answered Jun 15, 2010 at 14:25

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Stronger version of the isoperimetric inequality

answered Feb 14, 2011 at 13:54

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What to do with antique math books?

answered Jan 27, 2010 at 23:57

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Is there an introduction to probability theory from a structuralist/categorical perspective?

answered Feb 8, 2023 at 20:24

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A geometric interpretation of independence?

answered Feb 26, 2010 at 15:14

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Is there a central limit theorem for bounded non identically distributed random variables?

answered Jun 25, 2010 at 13:36

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Which journals publish 1-page papers

answered Sep 23, 2010 at 13:20

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Fourier transform of $\exp(-\|x\|_p)$: more general question

answered Oct 23, 2009 at 15:51

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Almost-converses to the AM-GM inequality

answered Feb 20, 2013 at 19:53

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Concentration of measure for arbitrary convex bodies?

answered Jun 14, 2011 at 14:29

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Circumference of Convex Shapes

answered Jul 28, 2011 at 16:07

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Löwner-John Ellipsoid: incribed and circumscribed

answered Jan 21, 2012 at 21:59

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Sampling uniformly from a sphere

answered Feb 8, 2012 at 17:31

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Hölder's inequality for matrices

answered Feb 27, 2014 at 15:41

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What out-of-print books would you like to see re-printed?

answered Mar 15, 2010 at 14:59

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Time-inhomogeneous Markov chains

answered May 28, 2014 at 9:37

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Derandomizing random matrices

answered Feb 6, 2012 at 19:59

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Statistics for Haar measure of random matrices?

answered Oct 6, 2011 at 13:42

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What is an isomorphism of Banach spaces?

answered Nov 10, 2011 at 14:25

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concentration inequality for averages of dependent random variables

answered Feb 22, 2013 at 18:40

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Why is this generality in Vitali's Lemma useful?

answered Jan 12, 2010 at 16:13

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Is there an introduction to probability theory from a structuralist/categorical perspective?

What is a good method to find random points on the n-sphere when n is large?

How to generate random points in $\ell_p$ balls?

Cool problems to impress students with group theory

What's an example of a space that needs the Hahn-Banach Theorem?

Do plane projections determine a convex polytope?

Capitalization of theorem names

Which journals publish expository work?

A good book of functional analysis

Why do we care about $L^p$ spaces besides $p = 1$, $p = 2$, and $p = \infty$?

Stronger version of the isoperimetric inequality

What to do with antique math books?

Is there an introduction to probability theory from a structuralist/categorical perspective?

A geometric interpretation of independence?

Is there a central limit theorem for bounded non identically distributed random variables?

Which journals publish 1-page papers

Fourier transform of $\exp(-\|x\|_p)$: more general question

Almost-converses to the AM-GM inequality

Concentration of measure for arbitrary convex bodies?

Circumference of Convex Shapes

Löwner-John Ellipsoid: incribed and circumscribed

Sampling uniformly from a sphere

Hölder's inequality for matrices

What out-of-print books would you like to see re-printed?

Time-inhomogeneous Markov chains

Derandomizing random matrices

Statistics for Haar measure of random matrices?

What is an isomorphism of Banach spaces?

concentration inequality for averages of dependent random variables

Why is this generality in Vitali's Lemma useful?