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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What is an integrable system?

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Experimental mathematics leading to major advances

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Important formulas in combinatorics

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Solutions to the Continuum Hypothesis

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Tweetable Mathematics

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Volumes of sets of constant width in high dimensions

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

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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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Fundamental Examples

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How to find ICM talks?

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

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Magic trick based on deep mathematics

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Do good math jokes exist?

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Fundamental Examples

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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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Fundamental Examples

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

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Tweetable Mathematics

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Most memorable titles

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What would it mean to disprove Church-Turing thesis?

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New grand projects in contemporary math

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Making sure that you have comprehended a concept

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What is an important mathematical question?

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Applications of TCS to classical mathematics?

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Why are planar graphs so exceptional?

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Fundamental Examples

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Resources for mathematics advising.

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What have simplicial complexes ever done for graph theory?

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

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What are the big problems in probability theory?

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