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What are your favorite instructional counterexamples?
Mar 6, 2010
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Most interesting mathematics mistake?
Oct 17, 2009
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Which math paper maximizes the ratio (importance)/(length)?
Dec 1, 2009
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Nonequivalent definitions in Mathematics
Nov 23, 2017
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Which mathematicians have influenced you the most?
Nov 14, 2009
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What are some mathematical sculptures?
Jul 19, 2010
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Which journals publish expository work?
Feb 17, 2010
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"Strange" proofs of existence theorems
Oct 10, 2018
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Rejection for a seemingly odd reason
Jun 12, 2022
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Blackboard rendering of math fonts
Nov 18, 2009
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Can I correct a mistake that the reviewers didn't spot in a paper that has not been accepted yet?
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Prove that every convex function is continuous
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If you're black, how do you answer "Oh you're a professor? So you teach African Studies?"
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In classical logic, why is $(p\Rightarrow q)$ True if both $p$ and $q$ are False?