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Will Sawin

New York, NY, USA

http://williamsawin.com

I am a Clay Fellow and an assistant professor at Columbia University.

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197 votes

A Game on Noetherian Rings

ac.commutative-algebra combinatorial-game-theory asked Apr 6 '12 at 3:24
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53 votes

What is the geometry of an undecidable diophantine equation?

ag.algebraic-geometry nt.number-theory lo.logic diophantine-equations asked Dec 4 '12 at 18:20
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45 votes

Grothendieck's Period Conjecture and the missing p-adic Hodge Theories

nt.number-theory tannakian-category p-adic-hodge-theory asked Mar 15 '15 at 21:18
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27 votes

Enriques surfaces over $\mathbb Z$

ag.algebraic-geometry nt.number-theory algebraic-surfaces k3-surfaces asked Mar 27 '15 at 22:19
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27 votes

How many polynomial Morse functions on the sphere?

gn.general-topology co.combinatorics polynomials asked Mar 29 '13 at 21:18
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26 votes

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 '16 at 15:10
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25 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 '17 at 16:54
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20 votes

Does X(13) have potentially good reduction at 13?

ag.algebraic-geometry nt.number-theory modular-forms asked Mar 16 '16 at 16:03
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19 votes

What is the best homology/cohomology theory for the Lefschetz fixed point theorem?

at.algebraic-topology asked Sep 25 '11 at 20:37
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19 votes

How long can this string of digits be extended?

co.combinatorics asked Apr 8 '13 at 22:31
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Top Answers
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5/8 bound in group theory
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“The Egg:” Bizarre behavior of the roots of a family of polynomials.
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Fibonacci series captures Euler $e=2.718\dots$
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What is precisely still missing in Connes' approach to RH?
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Why is differential Galois theory not widely used?
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Arithmetic Morse theory?
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Why study Higher Sheaf Cohomology?
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Number of elements of “$\mathrm{SL}_n(\mathbb{F}_p^\times)$” mod $p$
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Forced conjugation of elements in finite groups
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Understanding a quip from Gian-Carlo Rota
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Over which fields are symmetric matrices diagonalizable ?
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Are the p-adics a direct summand of the direct product of the groups $\mathbb{Z}/p^n\mathbb{Z}$?
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Cases where the number field case and the function field (with positive characteristic) are different
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How much do I need to learn algebraic geometry to understand arithmetics over number fields
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A surprising conjecture about twin primes
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How are motives related to anabelian geometry and Galois-Teichmuller theory?
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The first unstable homotopy group of $Sp(n)$
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Why are Green functions involved in intersection theory?
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Forced conjugation of elements in finite groups
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Pressure to defend the relevance of one's area of mathematics
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Rings for which no polynomial induces the zero function
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Taylor's theorem and the symmetric group
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What is the geometric object corresponding to a subalgebra in a polynomial ring
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Finite groups such that every irrep can be induced from trivial irrep of a subgroup ?
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Random sequence of integers in $\{1, 2, \dots, n \}$ which is “everywhere probably increasing” - how long can it be?
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Is $k[X]^G$ integral closed in $k[X]$.
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Minimal prime ideals and Axiom of Choice(revised version)
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Massive cancellations
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Rings with group of units cyclic of prime order
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How Does My Radio Work?
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