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Engineering PhD student, mainly interested in applied mathematics and physics.
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When is one 'ready' to make original contributions to mathematics?
soft-question
asked Jul 3, 2019 at 12:14
mathoverflow.net
57
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Co-author keeps rewriting the article in poor English
writing
authorship
collaboration
asked Sep 22, 2021 at 19:06
academia.stackexchange.com
43
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Why is so much work done on numerical verification of the Riemann Hypothesis?
nt.number-theory
analytic-number-theory
riemann-zeta-function
riemann-hypothesis
asked Mar 21, 2019 at 13:52
mathoverflow.net
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Example of a Mathematician/Physicist whose Other Publications during their PhD eclipsed their PhD Thesis
soft-question
asked Mar 28, 2019 at 17:08
mathoverflow.net
28
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Formal mathematical definition of renormalization group flow
mp.mathematical-physics
quantum-field-theory
geometric-analysis
flows
renormalization
asked Aug 5, 2019 at 11:12
mathoverflow.net
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Is Witten's proof of the positive mass theorem rigorous?
mp.mathematical-physics
general-relativity
dirac-operator
spinor
asked Mar 23, 2019 at 5:08
mathoverflow.net
15
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Can a torsion-free group be quasi-isometric to a torsion group?
gr.group-theory
geometric-group-theory
torsion
asked Apr 20, 2020 at 20:46
mathoverflow.net
15
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Counterexamples to the Penrose Conjecture
dg.differential-geometry
mp.mathematical-physics
general-relativity
asked Oct 20, 2020 at 10:06
mathoverflow.net
14
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Does the Cheeger constant satisfy a heat-type equation?
dg.differential-geometry
riemannian-geometry
ricci-flow
asked Sep 28, 2022 at 20:08
mathoverflow.net
13
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Is there a solution of the Yamabe problem using Ricci flow?
reference-request
dg.differential-geometry
riemannian-geometry
ricci-flow
geometric-analysis
asked Dec 8, 2019 at 20:52
mathoverflow.net
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Results that are too good to be true - peer review
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What should I do after I found a coding mistake in my masters thesis?
academia.stackexchange.com
20
What are examples of (collections of) papers which "close" a field?
mathoverflow.net
20
Prominent non-mathematical work of mathematicians
mathoverflow.net
19
Will mathematics journals accept a non-novel theorem, but with different approach
academia.stackexchange.com
18
What should I do after my PhD supervisor calls me a retard to my face?
academia.stackexchange.com
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What do you do when you're stuck?
mathoverflow.net
16
Has there been an equivalent in physics to Ramanujan in maths?
hsm.stackexchange.com
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What are the main contributions to the mathematics of general relativity by Sir Roger Penrose, winner of the 2020 Nobel prize?
mathoverflow.net
14
Best Springer mathematics books
mathoverflow.net
14
Is it safe to publish research papers in cooperation with Russian academics?
academia.stackexchange.com
13
Famous professor refuses to cite my paper that was published before him in the same area
academia.stackexchange.com
12
PhD dissertations that solve an established open problem
mathoverflow.net
12
Is it ethical to split the research contribution to increase the paper count?
academia.stackexchange.com
11
How should I proceed when a (famous) professor says I'm not good enough for research?
academia.stackexchange.com
11
Is it common to have a personal copy of one’s own PhD thesis?
academia.stackexchange.com
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I screwed up a talk - how to move on
academia.stackexchange.com
10
What are the caveats in pursuing a PhD mainly for fun?
academia.stackexchange.com
9
Each mathematician has only a few tricks
mathoverflow.net
9
Why can't the Schrödinger equation be derived?
physics.stackexchange.com
9
What is the point of reading classics over modern treatments?
mathoverflow.net
9
My advisor stopped formalizing my work, what should I do now?
academia.stackexchange.com
8
Mathematicians who wrote fiction
hsm.stackexchange.com
8
Examples of papers co-authored by parent/child, or siblings
hsm.stackexchange.com
8
Euler's Master's Thesis
mathoverflow.net
7
Where can I create nice looking graphics for a paper?
mathoverflow.net
7
Is amateur research in mathematics viable?
mathoverflow.net
7
Lunch seminars for PhD students
mathoverflow.net
7
Are hypergeometric series not taught often at universities nowadays, and if so, why?
mathoverflow.net
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Examples of creative experiments by mathematicians in modern days
mathoverflow.net
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