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How do I apply the Boolean Prime Ideal Theorem?

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Elementary results with p-adic numbers

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What to do after a pure math academic path?

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Biholomorphic but not isomorphic complex affine surfaces?

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Small Galois group solution to Fermat quintic

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Complete surfaces in $M_g$

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There is a nice theory of quadratic forms. How about cubic forms, quartic forms, quintic forms, ...?

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Similarity of a matrix with its transpose

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History of the characteristic matrix

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Is there a simple explanation for why rational plane curves of degree $>2$ are singular?

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Singular locus of the discriminant variety

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Approximating $e$ with 2s and 3s

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Can one deduce the fundamental theorem of algebra from real calculus and linear algebra?

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Is orientability a miracle?

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Conceptual reason why the sign of a permutation is well-defined?

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What are your favorite instructional counterexamples?

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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

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Books/websites which have motivating stories of mathematicians overcoming hardships in life

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Ideas for introducing Galois theory to advanced high school students

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How would you have answered Richard Feynman's challenge?

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Cohomological base change

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Open affine subscheme of affine scheme which is not principal

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Abelian variety with CM defined over real numbers

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Algebraic geometry examples

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Dimension of the set of singular hypersurfaces

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Theorems with many distinct proofs

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Counterexamples in algebra?

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One-step problems in geometry

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Suggestions for special lectures at next ICM

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Modeling in pure math