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Steven Landsburg
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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?
Nov 22, 2010
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Examples of using physical intuition to solve math problems
Nov 22, 2010
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Derived Functors Versus Spectral Sequences
Mar 21, 2012
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Examples where it's useful to know that a mathematical object belongs to some family of objects
Sep 1, 2011
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How Does My Radio Work?
Jun 14, 2012
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Extremely messy proofs
Mar 30, 2011
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How did Lefschetz do mathematics without hands?
Jun 25, 2019
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Mathematical "urban legends"
Jan 25, 2011
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Has incorrect notation ever led to a mistaken proof?
Aug 9, 2018
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How did Lefschetz do mathematics without hands?
Jun 25, 2019
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The Association Bonus
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MathOverflow to the rescue -- not in the usual way
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Unregistered Users (in Theory and in Practice)
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Question about $i$ versus $-i$
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Is zero inflation desirable?
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What does Hayek mean at the end of the first paragraph of The Use of Knowledge?
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Why not talk about utility functions on the surreal line when preferences are lexicographic, etc?
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What is the average economic value of a human life?
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Ambiguous definition of Substitution and Income effect?

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