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Gil Kalai

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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

answered May 16, 2010 at 12:40

155 votes

Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

answered May 7, 2010 at 11:03

96 votes

Most harmful heuristic?

answered Nov 6, 2009 at 16:46

79 votes

If Erdős is published as Erdös in a paper, which do I cite?

answered May 14, 2010 at 10:08

66 votes

What notions are used but not clearly defined in modern mathematics?

answered Feb 26, 2011 at 16:28

62 votes

Fundamental Examples

answered Nov 11, 2009 at 14:04

60 votes

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How to find ICM talks?

answered Aug 30, 2010 at 15:55

59 votes

Pressure to defend the relevance of one's area of mathematics

answered Apr 28, 2019 at 6:02

58 votes

Magic trick based on deep mathematics

answered Feb 6, 2010 at 10:58

56 votes

Fundamental Examples

answered Nov 13, 2009 at 7:05

55 votes

On mathematical arguments against Quantum computing

answered Jun 11, 2018 at 19:55

47 votes

When should a supervisor be a co-author?

answered Mar 5, 2011 at 12:01

45 votes

Fundamental Examples

answered Nov 11, 2009 at 9:42

43 votes

Fundamental Examples

answered Nov 12, 2009 at 8:59

42 votes

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Why is the current math community not contributing to machine learning much?

answered Aug 19, 2016 at 6:40

41 votes

Tweetable Mathematics

answered Mar 9, 2019 at 14:15

37 votes

Fundamental Examples

answered Nov 24, 2009 at 17:01

37 votes

Most memorable titles

answered Nov 1, 2010 at 0:56

36 votes

Making sure that you have comprehended a concept

answered Jun 3, 2010 at 19:45

36 votes

New grand projects in contemporary math

answered Jan 1, 2013 at 11:48

34 votes

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Why are planar graphs so exceptional?

answered Nov 29, 2009 at 7:53

33 votes

Fundamental Examples

answered Nov 11, 2009 at 9:40

33 votes

Resources for mathematics advising.

answered Apr 25, 2011 at 22:14

32 votes

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What have simplicial complexes ever done for graph theory?

answered Mar 27, 2014 at 9:58

32 votes

What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

answered Feb 3, 2011 at 19:14

32 votes

What is an important mathematical question?

answered Feb 24, 2023 at 10:26

30 votes

What are the big problems in probability theory?

answered Sep 24, 2010 at 13:51

29 votes

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True by accident (and therefore not amenable to proof)

answered Aug 26, 2011 at 12:56

28 votes

Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts

answered Nov 3, 2010 at 23:44

28 votes

Fundamental Examples

answered Nov 12, 2009 at 16:35

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