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Mathematical habits of thought and action which would be of use to non-mathematicians

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Titles composed entirely of math symbols

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Do's and don'ts of writing survey papers

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Proposals for polymath projects

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Magnitude of Graham's Number?

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How does a mathematician choose on which problem to work?

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How did Cole factor $2^{67}-1$ in 1903?

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Computer calculations in a paper

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what part of using vieta's formulas violates quintic non-solvability?

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Was lattice theory central to mid-20th century mathematics?

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Nontrivial question about Fibonacci numbers?

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Resources for mathematics advising.

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Gently falling functions

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Ideas on how to prevent a department from being shut down.

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Mathematics in Retirement

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Plagiarism in the community

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Experimental mathematics leading to major advances

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A conjecture on the prime counting function

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about fixed points of permutations

answered Jul 27, 2011 at 17:45

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

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The existence of an algebra whose set of identities and first order theory are equivalent

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Advice for number theory library

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What are the most attractive Turing undecidable problems in mathematics?

answered Jan 12, 2010 at 21:03

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Number of unique determinants for an NxN (0,1)-matrix

answered Mar 18, 2010 at 7:22

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What is the max of $n$ such that $\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{a_i}=1$ where $2\le a_1\lt a_2\lt \cdots\lt a_n\le m$?

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semiring with zero- and nonzero test

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Conjecture:if $i<j$,then $\pi(p[i]+i)-i<=\pi(p[j]+j)-j+1$

answered Jul 30, 2011 at 7:03

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Better terminology than "equivalence class of functions"

answered Aug 26, 2011 at 19:32

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What is the term for combining functions $f_1,f_2,\dots,f_n$ into a tuple $(f_1,\dots,f_n)$?

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Recent progress on the busy beaver problem?

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Mathematical habits of thought and action which would be of use to non-mathematicians

Titles composed entirely of math symbols

Do's and don'ts of writing survey papers

Proposals for polymath projects

Magnitude of Graham's Number?

How does a mathematician choose on which problem to work?

How did Cole factor $2^{67}-1$ in 1903?

Computer calculations in a paper

what part of using vieta's formulas violates quintic non-solvability?

Was lattice theory central to mid-20th century mathematics?

Nontrivial question about Fibonacci numbers?

Resources for mathematics advising.

Gently falling functions

Ideas on how to prevent a department from being shut down.

Mathematics in Retirement

Plagiarism in the community

Experimental mathematics leading to major advances

A conjecture on the prime counting function

about fixed points of permutations

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

The existence of an algebra whose set of identities and first order theory are equivalent

Advice for number theory library

What are the most attractive Turing undecidable problems in mathematics?

Number of unique determinants for an NxN (0,1)-matrix

What is the max of $n$ such that $\sum_{i=1}^n\frac{1}{a_i}=1$ where $2\le a_1\lt a_2\lt \cdots\lt a_n\le m$?

semiring with zero- and nonzero test

Conjecture:if $i<j$,then $\pi(p[i]+i)-i<=\pi(p[j]+j)-j+1$

Better terminology than "equivalence class of functions"

What is the term for combining functions $f_1,f_2,\dots,f_n$ into a tuple $(f_1,\dots,f_n)$?

Recent progress on the busy beaver problem?