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Do mathematicians rely on senses other than vision and hearing?

answered Mar 28, 2023 at 10:58

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Nelson's program to show inconsistency of ZF

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Proofs where higher dimension or cardinality actually enabled much simpler proof?

answered May 21, 2020 at 10:48

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Can GCH fail everywhere every way?

answered Jan 14, 2022 at 12:13

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What is so special about set theory anyway?

answered Apr 16, 2018 at 9:54

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Does stationary reflection imply Mahloness?

answered Jul 29, 2015 at 23:33

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Why believe in the existence of large cardinals rather than just their consistency?

answered Sep 18 at 9:17

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Truth in a different universe of sets?

answered Feb 15 at 15:40

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How does one justify funding for mathematics research?

answered Jul 11, 2014 at 18:26

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Independent families versus generators

answered Sep 22, 2013 at 18:07

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What is the evidence for and against the HOD conjecture?

answered Nov 19 at 10:07

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Is Euclid dead?

answered Dec 19, 2013 at 18:56

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A question regarding the relation between Freiling's Axiom of Symmetry and real-valued measurable cardnals

answered Sep 6, 2015 at 18:28

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Cardinality of an ultraproduct

answered Jan 16, 2015 at 0:09

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Existence of inner models of $\mathrm{ZFC} \ +$ forcing axioms, under incompatible assumptions

answered Apr 1, 2021 at 9:37

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Function on the set of limit countable ordinals

answered Apr 24, 2019 at 6:54

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Why isn't there more interest in "large powerset axioms"?

answered Apr 28, 2014 at 21:35

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What is the best way to construct an Aronszajn Tree?

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 0:06

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cofinality of $(P(\kappa)/NS,\subseteq)$

answered Aug 19, 2013 at 1:38

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Example of a distributive forcing which is entirely improper

answered Nov 10, 2021 at 16:26

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Is rigour just a ritual that most mathematicians wish to get rid of if they could?

answered Mar 23, 2023 at 14:13

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Amoeba collapse

answered Feb 18, 2023 at 12:02

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Bad subforcings of nice forcing notions

answered Dec 14, 2013 at 5:40

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Demuth's theorem in set theory

answered May 26, 2014 at 15:29

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centeredness in forcing iterations

answered Nov 5, 2014 at 2:50

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Forcings that are not equivalent to Levy collapse

answered Oct 9, 2015 at 18:22

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Can there be an upper bound on definability of cardinal numbers in ZF?

answered May 11, 2018 at 10:45

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capturing small sets in small factors

answered Feb 16, 2016 at 23:52

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"Potentially club" filters on $\omega_2$

answered Dec 12, 2016 at 1:26

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Generic filters of inverse limits

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Do mathematicians rely on senses other than vision and hearing?

Nelson's program to show inconsistency of ZF

Proofs where higher dimension or cardinality actually enabled much simpler proof?

Can GCH fail everywhere every way?

What is so special about set theory anyway?

Does stationary reflection imply Mahloness?

Why believe in the existence of large cardinals rather than just their consistency?

Truth in a different universe of sets?

How does one justify funding for mathematics research?

Independent families versus generators

What is the evidence for and against the HOD conjecture?

Is Euclid dead?

A question regarding the relation between Freiling's Axiom of Symmetry and real-valued measurable cardnals

Cardinality of an ultraproduct

Existence of inner models of $\mathrm{ZFC} \ +$ forcing axioms, under incompatible assumptions

Function on the set of limit countable ordinals

Why isn't there more interest in "large powerset axioms"?

What is the best way to construct an Aronszajn Tree?

cofinality of $(P(\kappa)/NS,\subseteq)$

Example of a distributive forcing which is entirely improper

Is rigour just a ritual that most mathematicians wish to get rid of if they could?

Amoeba collapse

Bad subforcings of nice forcing notions

Demuth's theorem in set theory

centeredness in forcing iterations

Forcings that are not equivalent to Levy collapse

Can there be an upper bound on definability of cardinal numbers in ZF?

capturing small sets in small factors

"Potentially club" filters on $\omega_2$

Generic filters of inverse limits