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What are some examples of mathematics that had unintended useful applications much later?

math-history big-list applications asked Sep 7 '13 at 21:23
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Build a sandpile

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Maneuvering with limited moves on $S^2$

mg.metric-geometry asked Apr 18 '11 at 18:20
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21 votes

Horror Movie Search Party

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Dimensional countdown

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Why is my stack-based implementation of this code so much slower than recursion?

c++ performance optimization asked Jun 23 '13 at 5:03
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10 votes

Behavior of zeros of $f'$ for complex polynomials $f$ with zeros on the boundary of the unit disc.

reference-request polynomials roots asked Jun 29 '13 at 4:54
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8 votes

Do the base 3 digits of $2^n$ avoid the digit 2 infinitely often — what is the status of this problem?

nt.number-theory co.combinatorics asked Jul 30 '10 at 20:19
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7 votes

Minimal spanning tree of a point set in the unit square, under an unusual distance function

mg.metric-geometry co.combinatorics asked Apr 22 '13 at 18:54
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6 votes

When can the Cheeger constant be well-approximated by ``Hamming balls''?

graph-theory co.combinatorics spectral-graph-theory asked Sep 26 '12 at 18:30
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Six pyramids in a cube
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Tweetable Mathematical Art
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Probability that the sum of 6 dice rolls is even
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What recent discoveries have amateur mathematicians made?
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Mank, oil, pew, or IQ?
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Tweetable Mathematical Art
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Why linear algebra is fun!(or ?)
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Why are two planes parallel to the same line not necessarily parallel?
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Monochromatic triangles in every two-coloring of the plane?
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True-False Examination
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A Literary Build Puzzle
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Opening a safe by inputing a stream of numbers
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How many 32-bit strings have fewer 1s than 0s?
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Find the sum of all 4-digit numbers formed by using digits 0, 2, 3, 5 and 8?
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Why is it more efficient to compute the modular exponentiation by calculating to the power of two and not three for example?
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Is the space of solutions to the Queens Domination Problem connected?
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An Incomplete Puzzle
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Where “Big” comes before “Old”
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When a cryptic has a double meaning for its clue, how can I tell which answer it wants
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What am I? (Identify the single word)
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No. 3: What's the next in this letter sequence?
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Funny(?) Probability Problem
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Linear Algebra Proofs in Combinatorics?
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Sums of reciprocals of primes can be integers?
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A Confused Riddle Subject
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Is there an efficient way to determine the number of subarrays or substrings that have a certain property?
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Write $0.2154154\overline{154}$ as a fraction
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Factor $x^6 +5x^3 +8$
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Yet Another Monty Hall Question - Please advise if alternative scenario proves the same principle
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print series from 1 to n which result in zero
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