Gil Kalai

Jerusalem

http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/

Professor of Mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Yale University

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Fundamental Examples

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The most outrageous (or ridiculous) conjectures in mathematics

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Proposals for polymath projects

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Experimental mathematics leading to major advances

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What is an integrable system

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Solutions to the Continuum Hypothesis

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Important formulas in combinatorics

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Tweetable Mathematics

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Examples of major theorems with very hard proofs that have not dramatically improved over time

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Volumes of Sets of Constant Width in High Dimensions

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What are some examples of colorful language in serious mathematics papers?

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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics

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Most harmful heuristic?

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If Erdős is published as Erdös in a paper, which do I cite?

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What notions are used but not clearly defined in modern mathematics?

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Magic trick based on deep mathematics

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Pressure to defend the relevance of one's area of mathematics

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On mathematical arguments against Quantum computing

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When should a supervisor be a co-author?

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Why is the current math community not contributing to machine learning much?

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Resources for mathematics advising.

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New grand projects in contemporary math

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Applications of TCS to classical mathematics?

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Why are planar graphs so exceptional?

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Tweetable Mathematics

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What have simplicial complexes ever done for graph theory?

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Fundamental Examples

The most outrageous (or ridiculous) conjectures in mathematics

Proposals for polymath projects

Experimental mathematics leading to major advances

What is an integrable system

Solutions to the Continuum Hypothesis

Important formulas in combinatorics

Tweetable Mathematics

Examples of major theorems with very hard proofs that have not dramatically improved over time

Volumes of Sets of Constant Width in High Dimensions