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Will Sawin
New York, NY, USA
http://williamsawin.com
I am an assistant professor at Columbia University.
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Top Questions
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A Game on Noetherian Rings
ac.commutative-algebra
combinatorial-game-theory
asked Apr 6, 2012 at 3:24
mathoverflow.net
55
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Grothendieck's Period Conjecture and the missing p-adic Hodge Theories
nt.number-theory
tannakian-category
p-adic-hodge-theory
asked Mar 15, 2015 at 21:18
mathoverflow.net
54
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What is the geometry of an undecidable diophantine equation?
ag.algebraic-geometry
nt.number-theory
lo.logic
diophantine-equations
asked Dec 4, 2012 at 18:20
mathoverflow.net
29
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Enriques surfaces over $\mathbb Z$
ag.algebraic-geometry
nt.number-theory
algebraic-surfaces
k3-surfaces
asked Mar 27, 2015 at 22:19
mathoverflow.net
27
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Why do the adjoint representations of three exceptional groups have the same first eight moments?
co.combinatorics
rt.representation-theory
lie-groups
lie-algebras
integer-sequences
asked Feb 20, 2016 at 15:10
mathoverflow.net
27
votes
A modern perspective on the relationship between Drinfeld modules and shtukas
ag.algebraic-geometry
nt.number-theory
finite-fields
shimura-varieties
asked Aug 24, 2017 at 16:54
mathoverflow.net
27
votes
How many polynomial Morse functions on the sphere?
gn.general-topology
co.combinatorics
polynomials
asked Mar 29, 2013 at 21:18
mathoverflow.net
21
votes
How long can this string of digits be extended?
co.combinatorics
asked Apr 8, 2013 at 22:31
mathoverflow.net
21
votes
Does X(13) have potentially good reduction at 13?
ag.algebraic-geometry
nt.number-theory
modular-forms
asked Mar 16, 2016 at 16:03
mathoverflow.net
21
votes
Successes of machine learning in formal theorem proving
history
automated-theorem-proving
machine-learning
asked Feb 10 at 21:25
proofassistants.stackexchange.com
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Top Answers
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5/8 bound in group theory
mathoverflow.net
98
"The Egg:" Bizarre behavior of the roots of a family of polynomials.
math.stackexchange.com
75
Why is differential Galois theory not widely used?
mathoverflow.net
68
What is precisely still missing in Connes' approach to RH?
mathoverflow.net
60
Fibonacci series captures Euler $e=2.718\dots$
mathoverflow.net
45
Arithmetic Morse theory?
mathoverflow.net
45
Understanding a quip from Gian-Carlo Rota
mathoverflow.net
39
How and when do I learn so much mathematics?
mathoverflow.net
38
Why study Higher Sheaf Cohomology?
mathoverflow.net
37
Modern results that are widely known, yet which at the time were ignored, not accepted or criticized
mathoverflow.net
36
Number of elements of "$\mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{F}_p^\times)$" mod $p$
mathoverflow.net
36
Over which fields are symmetric matrices diagonalizable ?
mathoverflow.net
36
Cases where the number field case and the function field (with positive characteristic) are different
mathoverflow.net
32
Why is game theory formulated in terms of equilibrium instead of winning strategies?
mathoverflow.net
32
Theorems that are essentially impossible to guess by empirical observation
mathoverflow.net
31
Forced conjugation of elements in finite groups
math.stackexchange.com
30
Does $\mathrm{SO}(3)$ act faithfully on a countable set?
mathoverflow.net
30
The "stubborn" solutions to sums of three cubes
mathoverflow.net
29
A surprising conjecture about twin primes
mathoverflow.net
29
Smooth vs regular vs non-singular
mathoverflow.net
28
Pressure to defend the relevance of one's area of mathematics
mathoverflow.net
28
How are motives related to anabelian geometry and Galois-Teichmuller theory?
mathoverflow.net
28
Theorems with many distinct proofs
mathoverflow.net
28
Examples of "unsuccessful" theories with afterlives
mathoverflow.net
28
How do you check that your mathematical research topic is original?
mathoverflow.net
28
Are the p-adics a direct summand of the direct product of the groups $\mathbb{Z}/p^n\mathbb{Z}$?
mathoverflow.net
28
Gaussian Integer a+2bi as sum of 3 squares
mathoverflow.net
27
What are possible applications of deep learning to research mathematics?
mathoverflow.net
27
Is the divisibility graph of the proper divisors of n more often planar than not?
mathoverflow.net
27
The first unstable homotopy group of $Sp(n)$
mathoverflow.net
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