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173 What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers? Nov 22 '10
74 Examples of using physical intuition to solve math problems Nov 22 '10
63 Derived Functors Versus Spectral Sequences Mar 21 '12
60 How Does My Radio Work? Jun 14 '12
57 Examples where it's useful to know that a mathematical object belongs to some family of objects Sep 1 '11
55 Extremely messy proofs Mar 30 '11
50 Mathematical “urban legends” Jan 25 '11
43 Has incorrect notation ever led to a mistaken proof? Aug 9 '18
39 Structures that turn out to exhibit a symmetry even though their definition doesn't Dec 13 '13
36 Examples of math hoaxes/interesting jokes published on April Fool's day? Apr 1 '16
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