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Alexandre Eremenko

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Nontrivially fillable gaps in published proofs of major theorems
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Mistakes in mathematics, false illusions about conjectures
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Mathematical conjectures on which applications depend
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Is the Riemann zeta function surjective?
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Lost soul: loneliness in pursing math. Advice needed.
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Liouville's theorem with your bare hands
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Good “casual” advanced math books
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Useless math that became useful
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Is there a reason why Turkey took the Balkan territories of the Ottoman Empire, instead of Greece or another of the Balkan states?
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How did passengers keep warm on sail ships?
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Which came first, the natural logarithm or the base of the natural logarithm?
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Teaching homology via everyday examples
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Do you know important theorems that remain unknown?
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On equation f(z+1)-f(z)=f'(z)
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How can a mathematician handle the pressure to discover something new?
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Most intriguing mathematical epigraphs
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real symmetric matrix has real eigenvalues - elementary proof
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Is it possible to have a research career while checking the proof of every theorem that you cite?
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Old books still used
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What is the earliest mention of space travel?
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What knowledge may have been lost at the Library of Alexandria?
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Why did the Soviet Union close its borders and restrict travel abroad?
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Who first proved ergodicity of irrational rotations of the circle?
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Why did the Soviet Union name their strongest bomb Tsar Bomba?
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Why did Germany not join the United Nations until 1973?
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What areas of pure mathematics research are best for a post-PhD transition to industry?
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When is one 'ready' to make original contributions to mathematics?
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What is “Teichmüller Theory” and its history?
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What definitions were crucial to further understanding?
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Trichotomies in mathematics
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