User Amir Asghari

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Are there proofs that you feel you did not "understand" for a long time?

asked May 16, 2013 at 23:50

80 votes

21 answers

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Is rigour just a ritual that most mathematicians wish to get rid of if they could?

asked Apr 17, 2013 at 21:14

55 votes

18 answers

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How can an extremely mathematically talented young person be helped to fulfill his/her potential?

asked Dec 11, 2013 at 12:32

34 votes

6 answers

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Does seeing beyond the course you teach matter? The case of linear algebra and matrices

asked Oct 8, 2013 at 21:02

33 votes

15 answers

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Historical (personal) examples of teaching-based research

asked Apr 1, 2015 at 18:21

27 votes

4 answers

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Who introduced the terms "equivalence relation" and "equivalence class"?

asked Jun 30, 2013 at 15:43

27 votes

3 answers

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Is “problem solving” a subject to be taught?

asked Jun 26, 2013 at 12:17

16 votes

1 answer

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A conjecture in which both "if" and "only if" are near misses

asked Nov 29, 2017 at 15:53

13 votes

3 answers

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History of the abstract method in mathematics

asked Oct 9, 2017 at 1:13

11 votes

4 answers

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Why do mathematicians prefer one definition over the other when they both define the same concept?

asked Apr 18, 2013 at 21:18

10 votes

3 answers

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When did coordinate plane "as we know it" come into play?

asked Jul 27, 2014 at 22:42

9 votes

4 answers

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Is there any monoid in which the product of two non-invertible elements could be invertible?

asked Sep 17, 2013 at 15:31

7 votes

2 answers

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How should you respond to a student who asks whether a very nice physical example constitutes a proof? [closed]

asked Aug 7, 2013 at 9:36

7 votes

5 answers

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What does a mathematician expect from mathematics education? [closed]

asked Apr 19, 2013 at 20:11

6 votes

2 answers

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William Thurston's quote?

asked Feb 18, 2019 at 6:47

6 votes

0 answers

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Historical background of finding the roots of cubic equations using continued fractions

asked Aug 20 at 20:04

5 votes

2 answers

585 views

Online Interactive mathematics games for mathematicians or mathematicians-to-be!

asked Jan 28, 2018 at 19:54

5 votes

2 answers

454 views

History of the orientation of Cartesian coordinates in drawing

asked Feb 13, 2015 at 18:30

4 votes

4 answers

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When did you "meet Polya"? [closed]

asked Jun 28, 2013 at 22:54

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19 Questions

Are there proofs that you feel you did not "understand" for a long time?

Is rigour just a ritual that most mathematicians wish to get rid of if they could?

How can an extremely mathematically talented young person be helped to fulfill his/her potential?

Does seeing beyond the course you teach matter? The case of linear algebra and matrices

Historical (personal) examples of teaching-based research

Who introduced the terms "equivalence relation" and "equivalence class"?

Is “problem solving” a subject to be taught?

A conjecture in which both "if" and "only if" are near misses

History of the abstract method in mathematics

Why do mathematicians prefer one definition over the other when they both define the same concept?

When did coordinate plane "as we know it" come into play?

Is there any monoid in which the product of two non-invertible elements could be invertible?

How should you respond to a student who asks whether a very nice physical example constitutes a proof? [closed]

What does a mathematician expect from mathematics education? [closed]

William Thurston's quote?

Historical background of finding the roots of cubic equations using continued fractions

Online Interactive mathematics games for mathematicians or mathematicians-to-be!

History of the orientation of Cartesian coordinates in drawing

When did you "meet Polya"? [closed]