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What is a foliation and why should I care?

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Results true in a dimension and false for higher dimensions

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answered Sep 16, 2014 at 22:58

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Rediscovery of lost mathematics

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answered Aug 5, 2014 at 0:41

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Escape the zombie apocalypse

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answered Jul 31, 2014 at 16:51

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Parodies of abstruse mathematical writing

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answered Mar 15, 2015 at 16:06

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Why do we teach calculus students the derivative as a limit?

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answered Sep 27, 2010 at 10:03

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Ways to prove the fundamental theorem of algebra

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answered Oct 18, 2010 at 21:15

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Non-rigorous reasoning in rigorous mathematics

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answered Dec 1, 2012 at 14:52

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Central limit theorem via maximal entropy

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answered Oct 7, 2014 at 2:14

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Importance of Poincaré recurrence theorem? Any example?

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answered Sep 17, 2011 at 1:02

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Why are isometries of Minkowski space necessarily linear?

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answered Dec 30, 2011 at 16:34

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A stochastic process that is 1st and 2nd order (strictly) stationary, but not 3rd order stationary

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answered Oct 14, 2010 at 13:59

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Random Voronoi Diagrams

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answered Sep 14, 2014 at 13:23

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Does anyone know an intuitive proof of the Birkhoff ergodic theorem?

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answered Sep 24, 2010 at 17:49

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Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples?

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answered Sep 25, 2010 at 18:26

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Functions which are periodic along every geodesic

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answered Sep 22, 2020 at 0:56

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Why differential forms are important?

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answered Jul 29, 2014 at 0:02

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Assessing effectiveness of (epsilon, delta) definitions

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answered Jul 17, 2017 at 3:14

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Infimum of a finite number of distances in the plane

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answered Apr 2, 2013 at 15:30

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The relationship between low dimensional topology and dynamics

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answered Mar 18, 2012 at 20:03

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Help prove a maximal inequality

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answered Dec 31, 2011 at 18:29

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Most intricate and most beautiful structures in mathematics

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answered Jul 10, 2016 at 13:50

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Heat kernel upper bound on compact Riemannian manifold

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answered Jan 13, 2015 at 12:30

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Random Vornoi Diagrams (particular measures)

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answered Sep 15, 2014 at 13:43

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Conformal invariance of Brownian motion in higher dimensions

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answered Aug 12, 2014 at 20:29

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Sources for Bibtex entries

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answered Mar 18, 2015 at 2:30

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Spectrum of transition matrix for symmetric random walk

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answered Nov 30, 2012 at 14:50

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$\ell^1$-bound on graph laplacian with weight

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answered Sep 29, 2020 at 22:14

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Probabilistic proofs of analytic facts

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answered Sep 11, 2016 at 22:35

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Proof synopsis collection

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39 Answers

What is a foliation and why should I care?

Results true in a dimension and false for higher dimensions

Rediscovery of lost mathematics

Escape the zombie apocalypse

Parodies of abstruse mathematical writing

Why do we teach calculus students the derivative as a limit?

Ways to prove the fundamental theorem of algebra

Non-rigorous reasoning in rigorous mathematics

Central limit theorem via maximal entropy

Importance of Poincaré recurrence theorem? Any example?

Why are isometries of Minkowski space necessarily linear?

A stochastic process that is 1st and 2nd order (strictly) stationary, but not 3rd order stationary

Random Voronoi Diagrams

Does anyone know an intuitive proof of the Birkhoff ergodic theorem?

Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples?

Functions which are periodic along every geodesic

Why differential forms are important?

Assessing effectiveness of (epsilon, delta) definitions

Infimum of a finite number of distances in the plane

The relationship between low dimensional topology and dynamics

Help prove a maximal inequality

Most intricate and most beautiful structures in mathematics

Heat kernel upper bound on compact Riemannian manifold

Random Vornoi Diagrams (particular measures)

Conformal invariance of Brownian motion in higher dimensions

Sources for Bibtex entries

Spectrum of transition matrix for symmetric random walk

$\ell^1$-bound on graph laplacian with weight

Probabilistic proofs of analytic facts

Proof synopsis collection