paul Monsky

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Have any long-suspected irrational numbers turned out to be rational?

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Tweetable Mathematics

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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

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Is there an elementary way to find the integer solutions to $x^2-y^3=1$?

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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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Higher level analogs of Nicolas-Serre theory

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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

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The "Level N modular equation for delta" in characteristics 3, 5, 7 and 13

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Simple groups with the same cardinality as PSL_2(Z/p)

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Is there an elementary way to find the integer solutions to $x^2-y^3=1$?

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Elementary examples of the Weil conjectures

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Vanishing constant term in powers of a Laurent polynomial

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Solutions to $\binom{n}{5} = 2 \binom{m}{5}$

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