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Have any long-suspected irrational numbers turned out to be rational?
Jul 22, 2010
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Tweetable Mathematics
Apr 26, 2017
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An example of a beautiful proof that would be accessible at the high school level?
Sep 9, 2011
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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand
Jul 2, 2012
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Is there an elementary way to find the integer solutions to $x^2-y^3=1$?
May 27, 2011
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Writing $3p$ when $p \equiv 1 \pmod{3}$ as a sum of two rational cubes. Is this result new? And what about its converse?
Jun 28, 2023
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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand
Jun 23, 2012
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Does this variant of a theorem of Hasse (really due to Gauss) have an "elementary" proof?
Sep 3, 2012
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What are some correct results discovered with incorrect (or no) proofs?
Jun 11, 2010
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If p is a prime congruent to 9 mod 16, can 4 divide the class number of Q(p^(1/4))?
Jul 28, 2010