Zev Chonoles

Seattle, WA, USA

https://zevchonoles.org/

Currently a software engineer at Google working remotely in Seattle.
Received my PhD in mathematics from UChicago in 2018.

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What is the status of generating LaTeX from handwriting (i.e., OCR)?

conversion big-list asked Aug 9, 2010 at 23:42

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80 votes

Thurston's 37th way of thinking about the derivative

derivatives intuition asked Jul 22, 2013 at 20:01

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75 votes

What is a token?

tex-core token-lists asked Mar 24, 2013 at 5:09

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50 votes

Good lattice theory books?

ra.rings-and-algebras big-list textbook-recommendation lattice-theory asked Feb 6, 2010 at 1:29

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49 votes

Problems where we can't make a canonical choice, solved by looking at all choices at once

soft-question big-list asked Dec 21, 2010 at 4:04

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47 votes

Is every embedded submanifold globally a level set?

differential-topology manifolds asked Feb 25, 2011 at 22:48

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45 votes

Failure of isomorphisms on stalks to arise from an isomorphism of sheaves

algebraic-geometry complex-geometry sheaf-theory vector-bundles asked Jun 5, 2011 at 1:49

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39 votes

Which number fields are monogenic? and related questions

nt.number-theory algebraic-number-theory number-fields asked Apr 13, 2010 at 22:01

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36 votes

What data about grades should I tell the class? Make public?

teaching ethics grading asked Sep 29, 2013 at 7:28

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35 votes

If every continuous $f:X\to X$ has $\text{Fix}(f)\subseteq X$ closed, must $X$ be Hausdorff?

general-topology examples-counterexamples separation-axioms asked Aug 5, 2011 at 19:17

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Example of infinite field of characteristic $p\neq 0$

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Jokes in the sense of Littlewood: examples?

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I need mathematical proof that the distance from zero to 1 is the equal to the distance from 1 to 2

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128

What is the term for a factorial type operation, but with summation instead of products?

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116

Why is 'abuse of notation' tolerated?

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Do finite algebraically closed fields exist?

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How to represent the floor function using mathematical notation?

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Is it possible to have multiple decimal points in a number?

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Is it possible for a quadratic equation to have one rational root and one irrational root?

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What are the most misleading alternate definitions in taught mathematics?

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How to prove that the Frobenius endomorphism is surjective?

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Must the centralizer of an element of a group be abelian?

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Are some numbers more irrational than others?

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How often can a number occur in Pascals Triangle?

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Why do the $n \times n$ non-singular matrices form an "open" set?

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Example of modules that are projective but not free; torsion-free but not free

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Are two mathematically alike functions equal?

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Find a function $f: \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ that is continuous at precisely one point?

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Why do we write proofs "forward?"

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Literary statements that are false as mathematics

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Is $\pi \cdot 7$ actually $22$?

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Showing the set of zero-divisors is a union of prime ideals

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Is it possible to make integers a field?

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What are the common abbreviation for minimum in equations?

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Is the cross product of two unit vectors itself a unit vector?

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why not just 2 charts to make atlas for sphere?

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If $S$ is an infinite $\sigma$ algebra on $X$ then $S$ is not countable

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What's going on with "compact implies sequentially compact"?

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Why do single-author math papers use "we" instead of "I"?

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Is There a Natural Way to Extend Repeated Exponentiation Beyond Integers?

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