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Why do probabilists take random variables to be Borel (and not Lebesgue) measurable?

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Mathematical "urban legends"

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Computer algebra errors

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What are some very important papers published in non-top journals?

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Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts

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Is it worthwhile to give off-topic talks?

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Describe a topic in one sentence.

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Examples where existence is harder than evaluation

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Down-To-Earth Uses of de Rham Cohomology to Convince a Wide Audience of its Usefulness

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What do named "tricks" share?

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Note rejected from arXiv: what to do next?

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Is $L^2(\mathbb R)$ homeomorphic to $L^1(\mathbb R)$?

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Why do we care about $L^p$ spaces besides $p = 1$, $p = 2$, and $p = \infty$?

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What is your favorite "strange" function?

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Proof synopsis collection

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Slick ways to make annoying verifications

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Did Emmy Noether ever publish under a man's name?

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Is a normed space which is homeomorphic to a Banach space complete?

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Examples of non-metrizable spaces

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Do vector spaces without choice satisfy Cantor-Schroeder-Bernstein?

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Math paper authors' order

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Unbounded operator bounded in a dense subset

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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

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What are examples of mathematical concepts named after the wrong people? (Stigler's law)

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Submitting to arXiv when unaffiliated

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The Cauchy–Riemann equations and analyticity

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How do I verify the Coq proof of Feit-Thompson?

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"Are you taller than the average of those who are taller than the average?"

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Lebesgue measure theory applications

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Mathematical "urban legends"

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Why do probabilists take random variables to be Borel (and not Lebesgue) measurable?

Mathematical "urban legends"

Computer algebra errors

What are some very important papers published in non-top journals?

Awfully sophisticated proof for simple facts

Is it worthwhile to give off-topic talks?

Describe a topic in one sentence.

Examples where existence is harder than evaluation

Down-To-Earth Uses of de Rham Cohomology to Convince a Wide Audience of its Usefulness

What do named "tricks" share?

Note rejected from arXiv: what to do next?

Is $L^2(\mathbb R)$ homeomorphic to $L^1(\mathbb R)$?

Why do we care about $L^p$ spaces besides $p = 1$, $p = 2$, and $p = \infty$?

What is your favorite "strange" function?

Proof synopsis collection

Slick ways to make annoying verifications

Did Emmy Noether ever publish under a man's name?

Is a normed space which is homeomorphic to a Banach space complete?

Examples of non-metrizable spaces

Do vector spaces without choice satisfy Cantor-Schroeder-Bernstein?

Math paper authors' order

Unbounded operator bounded in a dense subset

Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

What are examples of mathematical concepts named after the wrong people? (Stigler's law)

Submitting to arXiv when unaffiliated

The Cauchy–Riemann equations and analyticity

How do I verify the Coq proof of Feit-Thompson?

"Are you taller than the average of those who are taller than the average?"

Lebesgue measure theory applications

Mathematical "urban legends"