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Top Questions
67 votes

How do I get the `.class` attribute from a generic type parameter?

java generics asked Aug 15 '13 at 14:40
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54 votes

Continuity and the Axiom of Choice

analysis continuity set-theory axiom-of-choice asked Mar 29 '12 at 17:52
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47 votes

Unit of the equilibrium constant: contradiction of Bridgman's theorem?

physical-chemistry thermodynamics asked Aug 7 '13 at 12:20
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35 votes

Connect 4: Spot the Fake!

code-golf board-game asked Jan 20 '19 at 15:34
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26 votes

How do I get different colors for math and for text?

math-mode color asked Dec 6 '11 at 17:42
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17 votes

Counterexamples to proofs of correct statements

graph-theory proof-strategy proof-writing asked Mar 24 '12 at 13:33
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16 votes

A multicategory is a … with one object?

reference-request ct.category-theory higher-category-theory enriched-category-theory profunctors asked Jan 11 '19 at 13:21
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14 votes

Monoidal functors $\mathcal C \to [\mathcal D,\mathcal V]$ are monoidal functors $\mathcal C \otimes \mathcal D \to \mathcal V$?

reference-request ct.category-theory monoidal-categories limits-and-colimits enriched-category-theory asked Dec 27 '18 at 10:38
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14 votes

Why is expectation defined by $\int xf(x)dx$?

measure-theory probability-theory lebesgue-integral asked Nov 17 '13 at 12:35
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14 votes

Proof of the single factor theorem over an arbitrary commutative ring

polynomials commutative-algebra ring-theory asked Feb 5 '14 at 17:10
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Top Answers
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My son's Sum of Some is beautiful! But what is the proof or explanation?
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How do we prove that something is unprovable?
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Surprising identities / equations
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Why is every answer of $5^k - 2^k$ divisible by 3?
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93
Is “women men girls love meet die” a valid sentence?
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63
What is the difference between homotopy and homeomorphism?
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61
Simplest or nicest proof that $1+x \le e^x$
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44
Taking away infinitely many elements infinitely many times
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40
In a 30-60 right triangle the side opposite the 30 degree angle is half the length of the hypotenuse. Why?
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39
What does “Throws” do and how is it helpful?
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39
How to get intuition in topology concerning the definitions?
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23
Examples of patterns that eventually fail
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23
Pair of compasses drawing a square (from children's fiction)
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22
Proof of $\gcd(a,b)=ax+by$
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20
Deep theorem with trivial proof
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19
“Animals which lay eggs are called birds.” and “Animals that lay eggs are called birds.” What is the difference between these two sentences?
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17
Does an abelian subgroup inject into the abelianisation of the whole group?
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14
How to compare products of prime factors efficiently?
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14
Infinite set always has a countably infinite subset
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14
Finding the 2,147,483,647th prime number
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14
Delta (Dirac) function integral
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13
When a matrix, $M$ equals $M^2$, why is this property true?
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13
Is locally completeness a topological property?
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12
The inner workings of the Olbers paradox
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In general, why is the product topology not equal to the box topology
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Two-sheeted covering of the Klein bottle by the torus
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11
Inequality, what is wrong with $\log(-1) = - \log(-1)$?
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11
Graphically solving for complex roots — how to visualize?
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10
Do men or women have more brothers?
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10
Why not teach $\lim\limits_{x \to 0} \frac { \sin({ K }_{ 1 }x) }{ { K }_{ 2 }x } =\frac { { K }_{ 1 } }{ { K }_{ 2 } } $?
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