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Hollis Williams
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70 votes
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When is one 'ready' to make original contributions to mathematics?

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Why is so much work done on numerical verification of the Riemann Hypothesis?

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8 answers
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Example of a Mathematician/Physicist whose Other Publications during their PhD eclipsed their PhD Thesis

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Formal mathematical definition of renormalization group flow

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Is Witten's proof of the positive mass theorem rigorous?

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1 answer
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Can a torsion-free group be quasi-isometric to a torsion group?

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2 answers
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Counterexamples to the Penrose Conjecture

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1 answer
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Does the Cheeger constant satisfy a heat-type equation?

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Is there a solution of the Yamabe problem using Ricci flow?

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1 answer
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Alternative approaches to topological QFTs

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1 answer
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Are there currently any plausible approaches to proving the Penrose сonjecture?

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1 answer
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Example of a mathematician who had problems with peer review system? [closed]

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Physical Approach to Knot Categorification

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1 answer
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Resources on screw theory in classical mechanics

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1 answer
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Non-commutative complex geometry

9 votes
2 answers
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SPOT as a conservative extension of Zermelo–Fraenkel

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1 answer
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Physics application of Wilson surface observables

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Proving the Hawking Area Theorem without Cosmic Censorship

9 votes
1 answer
870 views

Contributions of Mary Cartwright to the theory of entire functions

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2 answers
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Work on triply periodic minimal surfaces

6 votes
1 answer
685 views

Applications of model categories

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Research Problem combining Algebraic Geometry and QFT

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1 answer
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References for systems of elliptic PDEs

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1 answer
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Neckpinch singularity of Ricci flow

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1 answer
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Ricci flow proof of isoperimetric inequality

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1 answer
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Set theory / Formal logic of Baba is You

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Associating noncommutative geometries to 2D conformal field theories

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Articles of Casnati on algebraic varieties

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Are there Sudoku variants which are useful or mathematically deep?

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Is there a version of Ricci Flow for Pseudo-Riemannian Metrics?