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What's the significance of Tate's thesis?
algebraic-number-theory
asked Mar 5 '11 at 1:47
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Is the 24 game NP-complete?
computer-science
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How do you prove that a prime is the sum of two squares iff it is congruent to 1 mod 4?
number-theory
prime-numbers
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Why does a minimal prime ideal consist of zerodivisors?
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Does every Cauchy net of hyperreals converge?
nonstandard-analysis
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Why do we need noetherianness (or something like it) for Serre's criterion for affineness?
algebraic-geometry
schemes
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Algebraic versus topological line bundles
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Motivation for stable curves
number-theory
algebraic-geometry
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Existence of divisors of degree one on a curve over a finite field
number-theory
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How do you prove that $p(n \xi)$ for $\xi$ irrational and $p$ a polynomial is uniformly distributed modulo 1?
number-theory
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What is the Tor functor?
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Why isn't reflexivity redundant in the definition of equivalence relation?
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What packages do people load by default in LaTeX?
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Cardinality of set of real continuous functions
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What is “ultrafinitism” and why do people believe it?
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In (relatively) simple words: What is an inverse limit?
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motivation and use for category theory?
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Importance of Representation Theory
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Why are gauge integrals not more popular?
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Good book/lecture notes about category theory
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For any prime $p > 3$, why is $p^2-1$ always divisible by 24?
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How is $\operatorname{GL}(1,\mathbb{C})$ related to $\operatorname{GL}(2,\mathbb{R})$?
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What are all the homomorphisms between the rings $\mathbb{Z}_{18}$ and $\mathbb{Z}_{15}$?
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Why should I care about fields of positive characteristic?
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Why do complex functions have a finite radius of convergence?
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Rationality of series $\sum \frac{1}{n!}$
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What functions can be represented as power series?
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What is the importance of Calculus in today's Mathematics?
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How Do You Go About Learning Mathematics?
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Do people study “ring presentations”? Is this a dumb question?
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What is undecidability
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Sheaf cohomology: what is it and where can I learn it?
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How do you prove that a prime is the sum of two squares iff it is congruent to 1 mod 4?
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Prove: $(a + b)^{n} \geq a^{n} + b^{n}$
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One line Proof of the Prime Number Theorem
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History of the Concept of a Ring
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Why does the discriminant of a cubic polynomial being less than 0 indicate complex roots?
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Why is the “finitely many” quantifier not definable in First Order Logic?
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Is there a known mathematical equation to find the nth prime?
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Characterizing Dense Subgroups of the Reals
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