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Michael Thaddeus

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15 Answers

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76 votes

Mathematical habits of thought and action which would be of use to non-mathematicians

answered Sep 7, 2011 at 4:06

41 votes

The concept of duality

answered Aug 26, 2011 at 0:55

24 votes

What are your experiences of handouts in mathematics lectures?

answered Jun 7, 2010 at 21:50

19 votes

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How can one compute the canonical class of the projective completion of the tautological bundle over $P^1\times P^1$?

answered Aug 23, 2011 at 23:12

18 votes

What does the ample cone look like?

answered Jun 7, 2010 at 10:50

16 votes

Examples of great mathematical writing

answered Aug 9, 2010 at 15:12

14 votes

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The fibers of M_{g,n} \to M_g and the Fulton-MacPherson compactification

answered Jun 2, 2010 at 22:00

10 votes

Can $\mathbb{P}^n$ be regarded as an algebraic vector bundle over some algebraic variety?

answered Aug 2, 2010 at 23:28

9 votes

Algebraic geometry examples

answered Aug 1, 2010 at 17:02

8 votes

When is an irreducible scheme quasi-compact?

answered Aug 6, 2010 at 22:36

8 votes

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Rank 2 flat bundles on an elliptic curve, via extensions

answered Aug 21, 2011 at 19:06

7 votes

Notable mathematics during World War II

answered Aug 20, 2010 at 16:14

7 votes

Higher-dimensional Gromov-Witten theories

answered Jul 24, 2010 at 6:51

6 votes

How do I describe the GL_n torsor attached to a smooth morphism of relative dimension n?

answered Jun 8, 2010 at 23:16

5 votes

What do gerbes and complex powers of line bundles have to do with each other?

answered Jul 13, 2010 at 16:08