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Do you read the masters?
ho.history-overview
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asked Jun 15 '10 at 15:51
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Why do we care about $L^p$ spaces besides $p = 1$, $p = 2$, and $p = \infty$?
fa.functional-analysis
mathematics-education
inequalities
big-list
asked Jun 14 '10 at 17:50
mathoverflow.net
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What would you want to see at the Museum of Mathematics?
ho.history-overview
gm.general-mathematics
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asked Dec 25 '10 at 16:03
mathoverflow.net
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Papers that debunk common myths in the history of mathematics
ho.history-overview
big-list
asked May 31 '10 at 18:16
mathoverflow.net
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Does every polyomino tile R^n for some n?
co.combinatorics
tiling
combinatorial-geometry
discrete-geometry
asked Dec 19 '10 at 23:29
mathoverflow.net
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Nonexistence of boundary between convergent and divergent series?
ca.analysis-and-odes
sequences-and-series
asked Dec 14 '10 at 18:34
mathoverflow.net
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Fake integers for which the Riemann hypothesis fails?
nt.number-theory
zeta-functions
riemann-hypothesis
asked Oct 10 '17 at 15:45
mathoverflow.net
60
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A better way to explain forcing?
lo.logic
forcing
exposition
asked Aug 20 '20 at 18:43
mathoverflow.net
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Flipping coins on a budget
pr.probability
co.combinatorics
asked Sep 17 '12 at 15:13
mathoverflow.net
54
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Can a subset of the plane have nontrivial $H_2$ or $\pi_2$?
at.algebraic-topology
counterexamples
asked Dec 9 '14 at 21:13
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Suggestions for special lectures at next ICM
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Nonequivalent definitions in Mathematics
mathoverflow.net
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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand
mathoverflow.net
99
Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand
mathoverflow.net
90
What if Current Foundations of Mathematics are Inconsistent?
mathoverflow.net
88
Conway's lesser-known results
mathoverflow.net
74
Proofs of the uncountability of the reals
mathoverflow.net
74
Why is it hard to prove that the Euler Mascheroni constant is irrational?
mathoverflow.net
73
Examples of interesting false proofs
mathoverflow.net
69
What would it mean to disprove Church-Turing thesis?
cstheory.stackexchange.com
62
What does it mean to suspect that two conjectures are logically equivalent?
mathoverflow.net
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Not especially famous, long-open problems which anyone can understand
mathoverflow.net
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What are some reasonable-sounding statements that are independent of ZFC?
mathoverflow.net
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Old books you would like to have reprinted with high-quality typesetting
mathoverflow.net
56
The unification of Mathematics via Topos Theory
mathoverflow.net
54
Proofs shown to be wrong after formalization with proof assistant
mathoverflow.net
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Mistakes in mathematics, false illusions about conjectures
mathoverflow.net
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When is one 'ready' to make original contributions to mathematics?
mathoverflow.net
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Request for examples: verifying vs understanding proofs
mathoverflow.net
50
Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics
mathoverflow.net
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Publishing a bad paper?
mathoverflow.net
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Which interesting theorems in TCS rely on the Axiom of Choice? (Or alternatively, the Axiom of Determinacy?)
cstheory.stackexchange.com
47
Is pi a good random number generator?
mathoverflow.net
47
Can we prove set theory is consistent?
mathoverflow.net
46
Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics
mathoverflow.net
45
Is PA consistent? do we know it?
mathoverflow.net
45
How do you decide whether a question in abstract algebra is worth studying?
mathoverflow.net
44
Surprisingly short or elegant proofs using Lie theory
mathoverflow.net
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On starting graduate school and common pitfalls…
mathoverflow.net
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Theorems that are 'obvious' but hard to prove
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