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Examples of group-theoretic results more easily obtained through topology or geometry

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Breaking students from the habit of relying on examples

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Mathematical research outside academia

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How to get recommendations for PhD program when outside academia

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What are opportunities for academic math outside of academia itself?

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Getting rid of first degree to apply for second

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Dealing with character monopolizing game

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Characteristic classes for quaternionic bundles

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Is pursuing a second PhD in the same or related field a viable means of returning to academia after a decade in industry?

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Integrality of the $L$-genus for a smooth manifold

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The integral $\int_0^\infty e^{-t^2}dt$
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$\text{rank}(AB^2)=\text{rank}(AB)$
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$G$ is torsion-free $[G:Z(G)]$ is finite $\implies$ $G$ is abelian ?
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Do there exist $n^2$ real coefficients such that all matrices in $\Bbb R^{n∗n}$ containing those coefficients are invertible?
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Why isn't every element of the spectrum an eigenvalue? (Where is the error in my proof?)
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