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Andrew Stacey
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Mathematician; formerly academic (differential topology), currently educational (secondary UK).

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Why is a topology made up of 'open' sets?
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Why is the gradient normal?
Oct 23, 2009
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A book you would like to write
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What are the uses of the homotopy groups of spheres?
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Dimension leaps
Nov 13, 2009
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What is an intuitive view of adjoints? (version 1: category theory)
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Barrelled, bornological, ultrabornological, semi-reflexive, ... how are these used?
Dec 10, 2009
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How to respond to "I was never much good at maths at school." [closed]
Nov 13, 2009
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How do you show that $S^{\infty}$ is contractible?
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Is the notation $f(x)$ "deprecated by professional mathematicians" (as claimed by Wolfram)?
Oct 1, 2010
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