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On standards or conventions specific to mathematics as an academic discipline, and programs that lead to a degree in this field. For regular mathematics questions, visit our sister sites Math Stack Exchange and MathOverflow.

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Oral exams in mathematics at university

When I went to school, I actually liked mathematics a lot because I never had to study for it outside of class. …
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Question to professor one week before an exam (as a mathematician)

Assume you took a math class at the university and didn't ask any questions during the lectures. Now, during the semester break, when your exam is also taking place, you are studying from a script tha …
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Reading takes too long (as a mathematician)

Reading a script, a book or a paper in mathematics can sometimes be so time consuming. Sometimes it takes me hours to read a single page, because something just makes no sense. … But I find reading mathematics without going into all the details very unsatisfying. How normal is this and how do people doing research in math deal with this problem? …
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research statement/proposal for a (pure-)math-PhD?

However, this isn't the case when you reach out for a Bachelor's or Master's thesis topic to a professor you know from your home university (in mathematics). …
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Does a second degree disvalue the first one?

What are your thoughts on someone with a math major (or physics or CS) who has a second degree in quantitative finance or financial engineering? Could you ever take someone like this seriously as a ma …
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