User Ilya Nikokoshev

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A single paper everyone should read? [closed]

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Most interesting mathematics mistake?

asked Oct 17, 2009 at 14:28

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What's the "Yoga of Motives"?

asked Oct 23, 2009 at 18:52

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What is Koszul duality?

asked Oct 11, 2009 at 23:41

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Why do Todd classes appear in Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch formula?

asked Jan 3, 2010 at 22:46

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What are dessins d'enfants?

asked Oct 22, 2009 at 18:31

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How to think about model categories?

asked Oct 23, 2009 at 21:00

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How to write math well?

asked Oct 19, 2009 at 17:52

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Why no abelian varieties over Z?

asked Jan 5, 2010 at 22:59

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Spectrum of the Grothendieck ring of varieties

asked Oct 11, 2009 at 22:10

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Where stands functoriality in 2009?

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What is a topos?

asked Oct 4, 2009 at 22:20

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What is the exact statement of "there are 27 lines on a cubic"?

asked Oct 5, 2009 at 13:59

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What is a TMF in topology?

asked Oct 11, 2009 at 14:54

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Homotopy theory of schemes examples

asked Oct 25, 2009 at 21:42

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Examples for Decomposition Theorem

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Beilinson conjectures

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Explanation for E_8's torsion

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Topologically contractible algebraic varieties

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Unitary representations of SL(2, R)

asked Oct 27, 2009 at 19:54

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How to get product on cohomology using the K(G, n)?

asked Oct 27, 2009 at 21:37

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"Every scheme as a sheaf" references?

asked Dec 31, 2009 at 19:39

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Spec Z analogue of Thurston program?

asked Nov 4, 2009 at 17:25

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How to understand character sheaves

asked Oct 4, 2009 at 22:00

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Non-simply-connected smooth proper scheme over Z?

asked Jan 7, 2010 at 20:48

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What is Eisenstein series?

asked Oct 25, 2009 at 21:26

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Decomposition of k[G]

asked Oct 30, 2009 at 21:55

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When do six operations work?

asked Nov 1, 2009 at 9:03

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Formalism of homotopy theory of schemes

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Order of the Tate-Shafarevich group

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79 Questions

A single paper everyone should read? [closed]

Most interesting mathematics mistake?

What's the "Yoga of Motives"?

What is Koszul duality?

Why do Todd classes appear in Grothendieck-Riemann-Roch formula?

What are dessins d'enfants?

How to think about model categories?

How to write math well?

Why no abelian varieties over Z?

Spectrum of the Grothendieck ring of varieties

Where stands functoriality in 2009?

What is a topos?

What is the exact statement of "there are 27 lines on a cubic"?

What is a TMF in topology?

Homotopy theory of schemes examples

Examples for Decomposition Theorem

Beilinson conjectures

Explanation for E_8's torsion

Topologically contractible algebraic varieties

Unitary representations of SL(2, R)

How to get product on cohomology using the K(G, n)?

"Every scheme as a sheaf" references?

Spec Z analogue of Thurston program?

How to understand character sheaves

Non-simply-connected smooth proper scheme over Z?

What is Eisenstein series?

Decomposition of k[G]

When do six operations work?

Formalism of homotopy theory of schemes

Order of the Tate-Shafarevich group