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How much do homological knot invariants improve the classification problem of knots?

answered Sep 10, 2012 at 1:09

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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand

answered Jul 18, 2012 at 22:14

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Applications of nonconstructive mathematics

answered May 16, 2012 at 0:23

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Best Computational Knot Invariants

answered May 3, 2012 at 1:03

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Treating the Connected Sum (and other constructions) as a Push-out

answered Mar 5, 2012 at 11:58

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Good overview of singularity theory

answered Mar 6, 2012 at 1:06

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What is the metamathematical interpretation of knot diagrams?

answered Jan 30, 2012 at 8:24

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Generalised linking numbers (where they shouldn't be)

answered Jul 20, 2011 at 16:42

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Lie group examples

answered Apr 18, 2011 at 2:40

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heegard diagram

answered Oct 10, 2012 at 13:04

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Justifying/Explaining math research in a public address

answered Aug 8, 2012 at 1:49

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Surgery diagram for the Seifert-Weber space

answered Jul 19, 2013 at 1:47

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Getting surgery link from Heegaard splitting

answered Nov 13, 2013 at 14:21

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Are there results from gauge theory known or conjectured to distinguish smooth from PL manifolds?

answered Mar 17, 2013 at 11:42

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Measures of entangledness of an open curve

answered Jun 1, 2013 at 16:58

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Theorems that are 'obvious' but hard to prove

answered Jan 9, 2011 at 13:40

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What do you call the product of a circle and an annulus?

answered Jan 10, 2010 at 11:27

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How to motivate the skein relations?

answered Apr 6, 2010 at 14:23

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Looking for an introduction to orbifolds

answered Nov 26, 2009 at 8:27

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Important results that use infinite-dimensional manifolds?

answered Dec 31, 2009 at 0:50

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Magic trick based on deep mathematics

answered Dec 26, 2009 at 16:53

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Construction of invariants of 4-manifolds with the Kirby calculus

answered Jan 31, 2016 at 11:57

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Nontrivial theorems with trivial proofs

answered Dec 1, 2015 at 9:22

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Homological Algebra texts

answered Dec 7, 2015 at 11:17

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What is convolution intuitively?

answered Sep 2, 2016 at 8:05

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Heuristic behind the Fourier-Mukai transform

answered Dec 27, 2009 at 0:53

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Diffeomorphism of 3-manifolds

answered Dec 15, 2009 at 2:56

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Fundamental Examples

answered Nov 25, 2009 at 1:07

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Proof of the Reidemeister theorem

answered Feb 14, 2010 at 13:24

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Higher-dimensional braid group?

answered Aug 31, 2010 at 19:02

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How much do homological knot invariants improve the classification problem of knots?

Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand

Applications of nonconstructive mathematics

Best Computational Knot Invariants

Treating the Connected Sum (and other constructions) as a Push-out

Good overview of singularity theory

What is the metamathematical interpretation of knot diagrams?

Generalised linking numbers (where they shouldn't be)

Lie group examples

heegard diagram

Justifying/Explaining math research in a public address

Surgery diagram for the Seifert-Weber space

Getting surgery link from Heegaard splitting

Are there results from gauge theory known or conjectured to distinguish smooth from PL manifolds?

Measures of entangledness of an open curve

Theorems that are 'obvious' but hard to prove

What do you call the product of a circle and an annulus?

How to motivate the skein relations?

Looking for an introduction to orbifolds

Important results that use infinite-dimensional manifolds?

Magic trick based on deep mathematics

Construction of invariants of 4-manifolds with the Kirby calculus

Nontrivial theorems with trivial proofs

Homological Algebra texts

What is convolution intuitively?

Heuristic behind the Fourier-Mukai transform

Diffeomorphism of 3-manifolds

Fundamental Examples

Proof of the Reidemeister theorem

Higher-dimensional braid group?