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Carlo Beenakker
Leiden, The Netherlands
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physicist at Leiden University
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Top Questions
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Correspondence between eigenvalue distributions of random unitary and random orthogonal matrices
pr.probability
random-matrices
haar-measure
mp.mathematical-physics
linear-algebra
asked Aug 26 '12 at 10:42
mathoverflow.net
28
votes
Symbolic integration error
calculus-and-analysis
bugs
symbolic
asked Sep 5 '14 at 12:06
mathematica.stackexchange.com
22
votes
Why did I learn to write the base of the logarithm differently from the rest of the world?
notation
asked Feb 3 '17 at 12:52
hsm.stackexchange.com
20
votes
Implications of the disproof of the “climb-to-a-prime” conjecture
nt.number-theory
prime-numbers
asked Jun 9 '17 at 15:12
mathoverflow.net
15
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Symbolic sum of Stirling numbers gives wrong answer
bugs
symbolic
summation
asked Oct 9 '15 at 12:25
mathematica.stackexchange.com
10
votes
Fourier transform inconsistency
bugs
fourier-analysis
singularity
asked Sep 9 '16 at 16:05
mathematica.stackexchange.com
7
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Does the primality of the number of dimensions affect its properties?
prime-numbers
asked Oct 1 '18 at 11:01
mathoverflow.net
7
votes
Why is $-\int_{-\infty}^\infty \log\left[1+2f'(x)(1-\cos\phi)\right]\,dx$ equal to $\phi^2$?
real-analysis
ca.classical-analysis-and-odes
integration
asked Apr 17 '20 at 8:22
mathoverflow.net
6
votes
When was the first time that superconducting quasiparticles were called Majorana fermions?
soft-question
terminology
history
superconductivity
majorana-fermions
asked Apr 10 '15 at 14:59
physics.stackexchange.com
6
votes
Series expansion gives incorrect result
bugs
complex
series-expansion
asked Jan 10 '18 at 9:35
mathematica.stackexchange.com
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Top Answers
121
How can a mathematician handle the pressure to discover something new?
mathoverflow.net
105
Are there any serious investigations of whether “mathematicians do their best work when they're young”?
mathoverflow.net
103
“Surprising” examples of Markov chains
mathoverflow.net
99
Should water at the scale of a cell feel more like tar?
mathoverflow.net
96
PhD dissertations that solve an established open problem
mathoverflow.net
89
What are some noteworthy “mic-drop” moments in math?
mathoverflow.net
84
What’s the etiquette on using diagrams that need color to be understood?
mathoverflow.net
83
The most outrageous (or ridiculous) conjectures in mathematics
mathoverflow.net
81
Is this differential identity known?
mathoverflow.net
77
How did “normal” come to mean “perpendicular”?
mathoverflow.net
74
Note rejected from arXiv: what to do next?
mathoverflow.net
73
Who is the “young student” André Weil is referring to in his letter from the prison?
mathoverflow.net
64
Is there a high level reason why the inverse square law of gravitation yields periodic orbits without precession?
mathoverflow.net
60
Is data science mathematically interesting?
mathoverflow.net
57
Research-only permanent positions worldwide
mathoverflow.net
57
J. H. C Whitehead (and his pig)
mathoverflow.net
53
Did Hilbert laugh?
mathoverflow.net
51
Why do bees create hexagonal cells ? (Mathematical reasons)
mathoverflow.net
50
What are good mathematical models for spider webs?
mathoverflow.net
49
Publishing mathematical coincidences
mathoverflow.net
49
Whence “homomorphism” and “homomorphic”?
mathoverflow.net
46
On critical reviews of Hawking's lecture “Gödel and the end of the universe”
mathoverflow.net
45
Hilbert's Hotel
mathoverflow.net
45
Mathematics of imaging the black hole
mathoverflow.net
44
Who discovered the surreals?
mathoverflow.net
44
Mathematically interesting screensavers
mathoverflow.net
44
On mathematical arguments against Quantum computing
mathoverflow.net
43
Is there any deep philosophy or intuition behind the similarity between $\pi/4$ and $e^{-\gamma}$?
mathoverflow.net
42
Why did Euler consider the zeta function?
mathoverflow.net
42
What percentage of published mathematics papers are correct?
mathoverflow.net
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