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Top Questions
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What was Euler's motivation for introducing $i$ for $\sqrt{-1}$?
mathematics
notation
complex-analysis
euler
asked Nov 22, 2014 at 18:09
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What was the vis viva controversy, including its philosophical aspects?
physics
classical-mechanics
energy
asked Nov 30, 2014 at 16:35
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Did ancient/medieval non-European cultures have a concept of energy? If so, what are the similarities and differences to the modern concept?
physics
ancient-china
terminology
ancient-india
islamic-science
asked Nov 17, 2014 at 22:31
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Examples of Kuhn loss?
examples
philosophy-of-science
kuhn
asked Nov 1, 2014 at 18:43
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What specific problems motivated Poincaré's work on topology?
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topology
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Is the torus the union of two connected, simply-connected open sets?
algebraic-topology
geometric-topology
low-dimensional-topology
asked Jan 30, 2014 at 20:27
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Is there a domain in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with finite non-trivial $\pi_1$ but $H_1=0$?
general-topology
algebraic-topology
low-dimensional-topology
asked Feb 18, 2014 at 16:32
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History of terminology: sheaves, presheaves, etc.
math-history
sheaf-theory
asked May 28, 2014 at 16:42
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Riemann surfaces of $w^3 = (z-a)(z-b)(z-c)$
riemann-surfaces
asked Jan 30, 2014 at 23:15
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8
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Are all elliptic curves from $w^3 = \text{cubic}(z)$ isomorphic?
elliptic-curves
riemann-surfaces
asked Dec 23, 2013 at 23:13
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Was Occam’s razor ever wrong?
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Are there 3 trig functions or are there 6 trig functions?
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How to show a representation is irreducible?
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21
Did physicists around 1900 really believe they were close to "figuring it all out"?
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20
What is torsion in differential geometry intuitively?
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What were the dominant non-atomic theories of matter in the 19th century?
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What sorts of calculations called for the invention of logarithm tables?
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Mathematical logic required background
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What was the connection between David Hilbert and Stefan Banach?
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How did group theory enter quantum mechanics?
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What was Einstein's motivation for relativity theory?
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How did we come up with the name "atomic bomb"?
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Why is the function $\Omega\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ called a random variable?
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Hilbert's reaction to Gödel's incompleteness theorems
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Who discovered that different objects accelerate at the same rate due to gravity?
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Books on the history of linear algebra
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The Abacus vs. the Electric Calculator (Nov 12, 1946): Why did the latter lose?
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10
Why are mathematical results discovered by multiple people independently?
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10
What was wrong with the caloric theory?
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How did prisoners of war discover scientific breakthroughs while interned?
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Question on "What St. Augustine didn't say about mathematicians"
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Leinster's Category theory model answers
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9
How should one go about obtaining "mathematical maturity"?
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9
How come we attribute the general theory of relativity to Einstein?
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History related to the "2 litres of water per day" theory
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9
Intuition for excision
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8
speed of light measurement
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8
What is the story behind various uses of the word "spectrum"?
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What examples led to the modern definition of a topological space?
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Torsion in two dimensions?
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