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Mathematicians with both “very abstract” and “very applied” achievements

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Noteworthy, but not so famous conjectures resolved recent years

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Every mathematician has only a few tricks

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What's a great christmas present for someone with a PhD in Mathematics?

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Important formulas in combinatorics

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Updates to Stanley's 1999 survey of positivity problems in algebraic combinatorics?

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Changes forced by the pandemic

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Examples of unexpected mathematical images

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New grand projects in contemporary math

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Which popular games have been studied mathematically?

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Who is Mrs. Gerber?

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PhD dissertations that solve an established open problem

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"Strange" proofs of existence theorems

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Open questions about posets

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Proofs of theorems that proved more or deeper results than what was first supposed or stated as the corresponding theorem

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Applications of super-mathematics to non-super mathematics

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trace and involution permutations: Part I

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Elementary applications of linear algebra over finite fields

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Open questions about posets

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Theorems that impeded progress

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Decision problems for which it is unknown whether they are decidable

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Is matroid realizability computable?

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What definitions were crucial to further understanding?

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Great polyhedra: What does "great" signify?

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Important open problems that have already been reduced to a finite but infeasible amount of computation

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Two questions on the permutohedron

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Why does the number of permutations of $n-1$ adjacent transpositions where the outputs are different equal $2^{n-2}$?

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Can the numerator in Weyl's character formula be written as a determinant?

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What are examples of (collections of) papers which "close" a field?

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Why doesn't mathematics collapse even though humans quite often make mistakes in their proofs?

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Mathematicians with both “very abstract” and “very applied” achievements

Noteworthy, but not so famous conjectures resolved recent years

Every mathematician has only a few tricks

What's a great christmas present for someone with a PhD in Mathematics?

Important formulas in combinatorics

Updates to Stanley's 1999 survey of positivity problems in algebraic combinatorics?

Changes forced by the pandemic

Examples of unexpected mathematical images

New grand projects in contemporary math

Which popular games have been studied mathematically?

Who is Mrs. Gerber?

PhD dissertations that solve an established open problem

"Strange" proofs of existence theorems

Open questions about posets

Proofs of theorems that proved more or deeper results than what was first supposed or stated as the corresponding theorem

Applications of super-mathematics to non-super mathematics

trace and involution permutations: Part I

Elementary applications of linear algebra over finite fields

Open questions about posets

Theorems that impeded progress

Decision problems for which it is unknown whether they are decidable

Is matroid realizability computable?

What definitions were crucial to further understanding?

Great polyhedra: What does "great" signify?

Important open problems that have already been reduced to a finite but infeasible amount of computation

Two questions on the permutohedron

Why does the number of permutations of $n-1$ adjacent transpositions where the outputs are different equal $2^{n-2}$?

Can the numerator in Weyl's character formula be written as a determinant?

What are examples of (collections of) papers which "close" a field?

Why doesn't mathematics collapse even though humans quite often make mistakes in their proofs?