User Thomas Riepe - MathOverflow

37 votes

Books you would like to see translated into English

answered Mar 11, 2010 at 9:28

34 votes

Books you would like to read (if somebody would just write them…)

answered Jan 24, 2011 at 22:25

33 votes

Pacing for learning new material

answered Nov 8, 2009 at 12:20

29 votes

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Atiyah-Singer index theorem

answered Oct 19, 2009 at 10:14

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Etale cohomology -- Why study it?

answered Nov 19, 2009 at 10:21

26 votes

Most interesting mathematics mistake?

answered Oct 17, 2009 at 15:05

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How have mathematicians been raised?

answered Nov 13, 2009 at 13:21

21 votes

What are interesting families of subsets of a given set?

answered Dec 30, 2009 at 12:54

16 votes

"Must read" papers in algebraic K-theory?

answered Feb 5, 2011 at 9:39

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books well-motivated with explicit examples

answered Dec 6, 2009 at 10:33

13 votes

Open questions in Riemannian geometry

answered Jan 4, 2011 at 14:42

12 votes

The importance of EGA and SGA for "students of today"

answered Nov 4, 2009 at 17:53

11 votes

Relating category theory to programming language theory

answered Nov 5, 2009 at 10:09

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What precisely Is "Categorification"?

answered Nov 10, 2009 at 11:35

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Links between Riemann surfaces and algebraic geometry

answered Oct 26, 2009 at 23:30

10 votes

What's the "Yoga of Motives"?

answered Oct 23, 2009 at 23:16

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Motivation for algebraic K-theory?

answered Nov 25, 2009 at 13:32

9 votes

Is there an analogue of curvature in algebraic geometry?

answered Mar 28, 2010 at 10:39

9 votes

What is the proper initiation to the theory of motives for a new student of algebraic geometry?

answered Jun 20, 2010 at 9:00

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Complex and Elementary Proofs in Number Theory

answered May 19, 2011 at 6:51

8 votes

A soft introduction to physics for mathematicians who don't know the first thing about physics

answered Jan 19, 2011 at 9:44

8 votes

Examples of great mathematical writing

answered Oct 16, 2009 at 12:46

8 votes

Where does a math person go to learn quantum mechanics?

answered Oct 27, 2009 at 23:16

7 votes

Mathematics and autodidactism

answered Jun 17, 2010 at 9:53

6 votes

Reference for Deligne's construction of Galois representations attached to modular forms

answered Dec 1, 2009 at 23:36

6 votes

How do we study Iwasawa theory?

answered Nov 27, 2009 at 11:28

6 votes

ADE type Dynkin diagrams

answered Nov 25, 2009 at 13:09

6 votes

Good introductory references on algebraic stacks?

answered Oct 23, 2009 at 23:28

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Best algebraic geometry textbook? (other than Hartshorne)

answered Oct 25, 2009 at 10:38

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Proof of no rational point on Selmer's Curve $3x^3+4y^3+5z^3=0$

answered Oct 27, 2009 at 6:37

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Books you would like to see translated into English

Books you would like to read (if somebody would just write them…)

Pacing for learning new material

Atiyah-Singer index theorem

Etale cohomology -- Why study it?

Most interesting mathematics mistake?

How have mathematicians been raised?

What are interesting families of subsets of a given set?

"Must read" papers in algebraic K-theory?

books well-motivated with explicit examples

Open questions in Riemannian geometry

The importance of EGA and SGA for "students of today"

Relating category theory to programming language theory

What precisely Is "Categorification"?

Links between Riemann surfaces and algebraic geometry

What's the "Yoga of Motives"?

Motivation for algebraic K-theory?

Is there an analogue of curvature in algebraic geometry?

What is the proper initiation to the theory of motives for a new student of algebraic geometry?

Complex and Elementary Proofs in Number Theory

A soft introduction to physics for mathematicians who don't know the first thing about physics

Examples of great mathematical writing

Where does a math person go to learn quantum mechanics?

Mathematics and autodidactism

Reference for Deligne's construction of Galois representations attached to modular forms

How do we study Iwasawa theory?

ADE type Dynkin diagrams

Good introductory references on algebraic stacks?

Best algebraic geometry textbook? (other than Hartshorne)

Proof of no rational point on Selmer's Curve $3x^3+4y^3+5z^3=0$