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James D. Taylor
I'm interested in many things, but algebraic geometry I love.
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Philosophy behind Mochizuki's work on the ABC conjecture
ag.algebraic-geometry
nt.number-theory
intuition
motivation
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asked Sep 7 '12 at 1:06
mathoverflow.net
137
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A soft introduction to physics for mathematicians who don't know the first thing about physics
mp.mathematical-physics
physics
asked Jan 7 '11 at 14:39
mathoverflow.net
69
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How to reduce the size of a pdf file?
pdf
compression
ghostscript
asked Oct 28 '12 at 2:48
askubuntu.com
63
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Is there an intuitive reason for Zariski's main theorem?
ag.algebraic-geometry
intuition
geometric-intuition
asked Oct 20 '11 at 19:21
mathoverflow.net
46
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Did Grothendieck have a plan for proving Riemann Existence algebraically?
ag.algebraic-geometry
asked Nov 13 '11 at 0:27
mathoverflow.net
36
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In what sense is Taniyama-Shimura the $n=2$ case of Langlands?
number-theory
modular-forms
asked Aug 3 '11 at 23:22
math.stackexchange.com
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How does one see Hecke Operators as helping to generalize Quadratic Reciprocity?
number-theory
intuition
modular-forms
quadratic-reciprocity
asked Aug 7 '11 at 0:20
math.stackexchange.com
36
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Mathematically mature way to think about Mayer–Vietoris
soft-question
at.algebraic-topology
asked May 1 '10 at 12:55
mathoverflow.net
31
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Is there a ring of integers except for Z, such that every extension of it is ramified?
nt.number-theory
asked May 30 '10 at 19:33
mathoverflow.net
29
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In what ways is physical intuition about mathematical objects non-rigorous?
mp.mathematical-physics
asked Jun 12 '10 at 16:38
mathoverflow.net
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Comparing Category Theory and Model Theory (with examples from Group Theory).
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