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N. Owad

I am a grad student, studying knot theory and some differential topology.

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Visually stunning math concepts which are easy to explain
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Intuitive explanation for how could there be “more” irrational numbers than rational?
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What knot is this?
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Simple geometry. Or is it?
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Why are all knots trivial in 4D?
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Can I solve an integral (or other tough problem) by playing with knots?
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What's true in $\mathbb{R}^4$, false in $\mathbb{R}^3$ and uninteresting in $\mathbb{R}^5$?
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Simple theorems that are instances of deep mathematics
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Is there a one to one correspondence between Jones' polynomials and knots?
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Intuitive reason why the Euler characteristic is an alternating sum?
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Understanding limsup
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Obtaining Wirtinger presentation using van Kampen theorem
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Fundamental group of $\mathbb{R}^3$ minus trefoil knot
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Fundamental group, homology of the complement of the “figure eight” knot in $S^3$?
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What is knot theory about, exactly?
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Boy's surface, visualization of the preimage of self-intersection locus as graph on projective plane
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Bridge Presentation of a Knot
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What exactly is topology?
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How to prove a knot with genus larger than 1 is prime, such as Miller Institute Knot?
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What exactly is a number?
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Explain why perpendicular lines have negative reciprocal slopes
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