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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

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

What should be learned in a first serious schemes course?

Where to buy premium white chalk in the U.S., like they have at RIMS? [closed]

Computer Algebra Errors

Counterexamples in Algebra?

What are some correct results discovered with incorrect (or no) proofs?

What is Quantization ?

Motivating the Laplace transform definition

Algebraic Topology Beyond the Basics: Any Texts Bridging The Gap?

A reading list for topological quantum field theory?

Non-commutative algebraic geometry

Good differential equations text for undergraduates who want to become pure mathematicians

How does one use the Poisson summation formula?

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Fourier transform for dummies [closed]

What are some examples of narrowly missed discoveries in the history of mathematics?

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Learning about Lie groups

A book for problems in Functional Analysis

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Classical mechanics motivation for poisson manifolds?

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Formal Geometry

The Jacobi Identity for the Poisson Bracket

Algebraic geometry used “externally” (in problems without obvious algebraic structure).

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