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Brevan Ellefsen
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  • Urbana, IL, USA
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PhD candidate working on low dimensional topology and dynamics, with an emphasis on 3-manifolds.

I can be reached at [email protected]

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Is it possible to represent every irrational number as a (limit of) an infinite sum of rational numbers?
Oct 6, 2015
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Where is the absolute value when computing antiderivatives?
Feb 8, 2017
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Odd Number of Cats?
Oct 3, 2016
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Factorial question: number of trailing zeroes in 125!
Feb 22, 2016
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Sheaf Theory for Complex Analysis
May 5, 2018
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Is there a way to insert Log base-something into Google Calculator?
Mar 24, 2017
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False Proof that $\sqrt{4}$ is Irrational
Apr 18, 2016
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Proof of identity for $\pi$: $\frac{\pi}{3} = \frac{2}{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}}}\frac{2}{\sqrt{2+\sqrt{2+\sqrt{3}}}}\cdots$
Mar 14, 2019
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What is the minimum area of a rectangle containing all circles of radius $1/n$?
Jan 14, 2023
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Why does Wolfram Alpha say that $\infty^\infty$ results in "complex infinity"?
Dec 31, 2016
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Why do we care about multiple proofs of the same theorem?