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Gordon Royle
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I teach Maths (and Computer Science) at The University of Western Australia, and do research in algebraic graph theory and related topics in combinatorics.

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How do you select an interesting and reasonable problem for a student?
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Is there a fast way to check if a matrix has any small eigenvalues?
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Every mathematician has only a few tricks
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True by accident (and therefore not amenable to proof)
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Can a problem be simultaneously polynomial time and undecidable?
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Prominent non-mathematical work of mathematicians
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What's a great christmas present for someone with a PhD in Mathematics?
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Which graphs on $n$ vertices have the largest determinant?
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Algebraic proof of Five-Color Theorem using chromatic polynomials by Birkhoff and Lewis in 1946
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