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What happens if a math PhD student fails to find a proof that is the main objective of his/her thesis topic?
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Why has the time spent studying declined so sharply in the United States over the the past few decades?
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Why don't colleges make terms shorter and with fewer classes?
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Why does undergraduate discrete math require calculus?
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What do polarized student evaluation results say about my teaching?
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Can I work alone on an extension of a paper that had multiple authors?
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What did a good academic job market for mathematicians look like and could it ever come back?
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Is the reputation/prestige of the scientific journals where you published a paper really important?
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How realistic it is to change to a different field of mathematics after PhD?
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What is a teaching prep in terms of teaching load?
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Why didn't more people graduate with a college degree when it was “affordable”?
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Use of “we have a large backlog” euphemism by journal editors when rejecting articles without sending them out for review
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Is my PhD programme a scam? Does my department only want to get PhD students as TAs for their recitation section?
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The Interrelationship Problem Of Modern Mathematics- How To Deal With it In First Year Graduate Courses?
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Marking a journal paper as “Minor revisions needed” for minor typos?
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Is highlighting important references a good idea?
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What motivates modern algebraic geometry for a combinatorial/constructive algebraist?
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How important is it for one on the job market to have thought about suitable REU projects?
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The GRE vocabulary is infrequent to meet in academic life. What is the purpose of learning them?
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Why are tenure-track professors hired on the basis of their research when they spend most of their time teaching?
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Math paper authors' order
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How to tackle papers filled with unknown vocabulary
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Difference in meaning of 'algebra'
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Why do students like proof by contradiction?
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Making sense of U.S. assist. prof. salaries: gross vs net, 9 vs. 12 months
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Do any math PhD advisors work on a problem with their student?
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Pursuing a master's in mathematics with eyes on a PhD: Will a D or C in graduate Analysis 2 ruin my chances?
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What programming languages do mathematicians use?
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Interesting results in algebraic geometry accessible to 3rd year undergraduates
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Is it a bad idea to say in my statement of purpose that I want to pursue a PhD in applied mathematics primarily to work in industry?
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