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How would you bring wealth back to the past?

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Writing a letter of recommendation for a mediocre student

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Re-using text from a grant proposal in a paper (or vice versa)

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Rings for which no polynomial induces the zero function

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How is $\ln$ pronounced by English speakers?

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Is it ethical to share with students a book draft that the author no longer makes publicly available?

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Fields that can be ordered in more than one way

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When did it become understood that irrational numbers have non-repeating decimal representations?

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