Charles Stewart

Berlin, Germany

http://www.textproof.com/stewart

Freelance scientific copy-editor.

You can read my irregular waffles at advogato.org/person/chalst/.

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Can there be two distinct, continuous functions that are equal at all rationals?

calculus real-analysis asked Jul 22, 2010 at 16:52

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Close, rather than delete inactive Area 51 proposals

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How much swap is a given Mac application using?

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How many knight's tours are there?

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