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Gerry Myerson
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179 votes

Nonequivalent definitions in Mathematics

163 votes
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Examples of eventual counterexamples

132 votes

The most outrageous (or ridiculous) conjectures in mathematics

121 votes

Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts

106 votes

Conway's lesser-known results

87 votes

Rediscovery of lost mathematics

67 votes

Counterexamples in algebra?

61 votes

Mathematical "urban legends"

61 votes

Uninteresting questions with interesting answers

60 votes

Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples?

60 votes

Examples of eventual counterexamples

59 votes

Examples where existence is harder than evaluation

59 votes

What did Ramanujan get wrong?

56 votes

Counterexamples in algebra?

55 votes

Mathematical "urban legends"

55 votes
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For which $n$ is there only one group of order $n$?

54 votes

Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples?

52 votes
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Does pi contain 1000 consecutive zeroes (in base 10)?

52 votes

Examples of "unsuccessful" theories with afterlives

46 votes

Most memorable titles

46 votes

Pseudonyms of famous mathematicians

42 votes

Blackbox Theorems

41 votes

Never appeared forthcoming papers

41 votes
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If $2^x $and $3^x$ are integers, must $x$ be as well?

40 votes

Examples of eventual counterexamples

40 votes

Sum of the reciprocals of the primes squared

39 votes

Counterexamples in algebra?

37 votes

Never appeared forthcoming papers

36 votes

Prominent non-mathematical work of mathematicians

35 votes

What are some applications of other fields to mathematics?

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