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Steven Landsburg

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23 Questions

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1 vote

0 answers

110 views

Maximal subsets of affine or projective space with no three collinear points

asked Aug 9, 2022 at 18:42

1 vote

1 answer

147 views

Uniqueness of "stretching" (subject to constraints) for a two-dimensional figure

asked Mar 24, 2022 at 4:24

23 votes

14 answers

4k views

Math talk for all ages

asked Nov 2, 2020 at 4:56

3 votes

0 answers

172 views

Probability terminology

asked Oct 31, 2020 at 2:58

9 votes

1 answer

517 views

Approximating power series coefficients --- Why does a clearly illegitimate method (sometimes) work so well?

asked Jun 28, 2020 at 7:00

61 votes

3 answers

12k views

How did Lefschetz do mathematics without hands?

asked Jun 25, 2019 at 2:13

8 votes

4 answers

3k views

Some Hankel Determinants

asked Sep 14, 2016 at 5:59

20 votes

4 answers

2k views

Nuances Regarding Naturality

asked Jul 11, 2016 at 22:14

0 votes

1 answer

320 views

Meaning of $[A,B]$ when $A$, $B$ are self-adjoint

asked Aug 11, 2015 at 21:31

15 votes

2 answers

2k views

Do the real numbers "know" that they are countable in a larger model?

asked Mar 3, 2015 at 5:19

3 votes

1 answer

181 views

Stable Household Formation

asked Dec 29, 2014 at 0:41

12 votes

1 answer

2k views

Mean of i.i.d Random Variables With No Expected Value

asked Mar 3, 2014 at 7:52

2 votes

1 answer

198 views

A Recursive Maximization Problem

asked Oct 25, 2013 at 3:32

4 votes

1 answer

1k views

A Differential Equation with Nested Functions

asked Oct 11, 2013 at 0:52

5 votes

1 answer

359 views

Proper-class sized "ring" with no maximal ideals

asked Jun 19, 2013 at 18:00

20 votes

2 answers

3k views

Boys and Girls Revisited

asked May 30, 2013 at 1:40

65 votes

4 answers

6k views

How Does My Radio Work?

asked Jun 14, 2012 at 4:32

73 votes

1 answer

8k views

Derived Functors Versus Spectral Sequences

asked Mar 21, 2012 at 2:37

11 votes

0 answers

304 views

Generalized Classical Adjoints and Factorizations of the Characteristic Polynomial

asked Dec 20, 2011 at 0:40

9 votes

2 answers

2k views

Formalizing Euclid's proof of the infinitude of primes

asked Sep 20, 2011 at 21:06

70 votes

28 answers

7k views

Examples where it's useful to know that a mathematical object belongs to some family of objects

asked Sep 1, 2011 at 1:25

15 votes

1 answer

624 views

Primes that must occur in every composition series for a given module

asked Dec 7, 2010 at 5:34

7 votes

3 answers

2k views

Grover's Quantum Search Algorithm

asked Nov 2, 2010 at 5:05