As of May 31, 2023, we have updated our Code of Conduct.
MathOverflow
Carlo Beenakker's user avatar
Carlo Beenakker's user avatar
Carlo Beenakker's user avatar
Carlo Beenakker
  • Member for 12 years, 6 months
  • Last seen this week
Profile Activity
Stats
163,047
reputation
2.7m
reached
2,256
answers
18
questions
Communities
View all
About

physicist at Leiden University

Badges
View all badges
15
gold badges
397
silver badges
573
bronze badges
Top tags
View all tags
2,742
Score
209
Posts
9
Posts %
2,710
Score
423
Posts
19
Posts %
1,372
Score
225
Posts
10
Posts %
1,195
Score
131
Posts
6
Posts %
1,060
Score
288
Posts
13
Posts %
796
Score
178
Posts
8
Posts %
Top posts
View all questions and answers
All Questions Answers
Score Newest
answer
132
How can a mathematician handle the pressure to discover something new?
Mar 11, 2018
answer
114
Are there any serious investigations of whether "mathematicians do their best work when they're young"?
Jan 2, 2015
answer
111
PhD dissertations that solve an established open problem
Apr 24, 2018
answer
108
"Surprising" examples of Markov chains
Oct 20, 2016
answer
101
Should water at the scale of a cell feel more like tar?
Aug 3, 2020
answer
92
What are some noteworthy "mic-drop" moments in math?
Mar 10, 2019
answer
86
The most outrageous (or ridiculous) conjectures in mathematics
Jan 17, 2017
answer
85
Is this differential identity known?
Jun 3, 2015
answer
84
What’s the etiquette on using diagrams that need color to be understood?
Apr 1, 2018
answer
79
Note rejected from arXiv: what to do next?
Apr 10, 2020
Top Meta posts
6
22
55
MathOverflow updated site theme is ready for testing!
46
"Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming." --- are we?
42
How to cite comment by unknown user disproving Erdős conjecture?
35
Why is “MathOverflow” spelled without a space when “Stack Overflow” is spelled with a space?
15
What do we mean by welcoming when we're a site aimed at researchers?
Top network posts
View all network posts
28
Symbolic integration error
27
Why did I learn to write the base of the logarithm differently from the rest of the world?
19
What was the answer to this paradox before Cantor?
18
Ranked voting by a committee when some members cannot vote for a particular candidate because of a conflict of interest
15
Symbolic sum of Stirling numbers gives wrong answer

Your privacy

By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.