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What are examples of (collections of) papers which "close" a field?

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Prominent non-mathematical work of mathematicians

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What do you do when you're stuck?

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What are the main contributions to the mathematics of general relativity by Sir Roger Penrose, winner of the 2020 Nobel prize?

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Best Springer mathematics books

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Each mathematician has only a few tricks

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PhD dissertations that solve an established open problem

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What is the point of reading classics over modern treatments?

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Euler's Master's Thesis

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What is an "Instanton" in classical gauge theory? (to a mathematician)

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Are hypergeometric series not taught often at universities nowadays, and if so, why?

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Examples of creative experiments by mathematicians in modern days

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Where can I create nice looking graphics for a paper?

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Note rejected from arXiv: what to do next?

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Axiomatic QFT, the reconstruction theorem and functional integrals

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What are your opinions on Zeidler's QFT books?

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Short exact sequences every mathematician should know

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Siegel zeros and other "illusory worlds": building theories around hypotheses believed to be false

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Lunch seminars for PhD students

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A series of articles should be published all in the same journal, or in different journals?

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Is this proof of Perron's theorem correct, and if so is it original?

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Is amateur research in mathematics viable?

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Math papers where the only issue is that someone else could've done it but didn't

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Books containing new results

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Textbook suggestions for rigorous fluid dynamics

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What phenomena are better modelled by SDE instead of ODE?

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Which high-degree derivatives play an essential role?

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Time-saving (technology) tricks for writing papers

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Counterexamples to the Penrose Conjecture

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Books that teach other subjects, written for a mathematician

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What are examples of (collections of) papers which "close" a field?

Prominent non-mathematical work of mathematicians

What do you do when you're stuck?

What are the main contributions to the mathematics of general relativity by Sir Roger Penrose, winner of the 2020 Nobel prize?

Best Springer mathematics books

Each mathematician has only a few tricks

PhD dissertations that solve an established open problem

What is the point of reading classics over modern treatments?

Euler's Master's Thesis

What is an "Instanton" in classical gauge theory? (to a mathematician)

Are hypergeometric series not taught often at universities nowadays, and if so, why?

Examples of creative experiments by mathematicians in modern days

Where can I create nice looking graphics for a paper?

Note rejected from arXiv: what to do next?

Axiomatic QFT, the reconstruction theorem and functional integrals

What are your opinions on Zeidler's QFT books?

Short exact sequences every mathematician should know

Siegel zeros and other "illusory worlds": building theories around hypotheses believed to be false

Lunch seminars for PhD students

A series of articles should be published all in the same journal, or in different journals?

Is this proof of Perron's theorem correct, and if so is it original?

Is amateur research in mathematics viable?

Math papers where the only issue is that someone else could've done it but didn't

Books containing new results

Textbook suggestions for rigorous fluid dynamics

What phenomena are better modelled by SDE instead of ODE?

Which high-degree derivatives play an essential role?

Time-saving (technology) tricks for writing papers

Counterexamples to the Penrose Conjecture

Books that teach other subjects, written for a mathematician