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Ben Webster
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I'm an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, and an Associate Faculty member at the Perimeter Institute. My interests are geometric representation theory, knot homology and categorification.

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What's the "best" proof of quadratic reciprocity?
Oct 20, 2009
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How does an academic mathematician educate him/herself about job opportunities outside academia?
May 5, 2010
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Are there examples of (successful) NSF mathematics proposals available anywhere online?
Sep 17, 2010
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Is there a slick proof of the classification of finitely generated abelian groups?
Jan 16, 2010
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What is the insight of Quillen's proof that all projective modules over a polynomial ring are free?
Mar 28, 2010
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Galois groups vs. fundamental groups
Oct 15, 2009
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Is there a high-concept explanation for why characteristic 2 is special?
Oct 17, 2009
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What is Koszul duality?
Oct 12, 2009
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D-modules, deRham spaces and microlocalization
Jan 3, 2010
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Which are the best mathematics journals, and what are the differences between them?
Oct 5, 2009
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Would it be rude to ask a famous professor who doesn't know me personally for a recommendation letter if I have published in a high ranking journal?
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