Adrian Petrescu

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What's the proper way to typeset a differential operator?

typography math-operators asked Apr 3, 2011 at 0:52

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177 votes

"Content is not allowed in prolog" when parsing perfectly valid XML on GAE

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71 votes

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56 votes

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51 votes

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A variant of the Monty Hall problem

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29 votes

How are photons "consumed"?

optics visible-light photons reflection absorption asked Aug 14, 2011 at 1:08

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