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What programming languages do mathematicians use?

answered Jan 8, 2010 at 11:26

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Proofs shown to be wrong after formalization with proof assistant

answered Oct 12, 2018 at 11:23

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Extent of “unscientific”, and of wrong, papers in research mathematics

answered Feb 1, 2020 at 22:25

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Etale cohomology -- Why study it?

answered Nov 19, 2009 at 8:51

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What would you want to see at the Museum of Mathematics?

answered Dec 25, 2010 at 16:57

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How do I check if a functor has a (left/right) adjoint?

answered Nov 18, 2009 at 8:32

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What are "perfectoid spaces"?

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 11:53

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Smooth proper scheme over Z

answered Dec 23, 2009 at 9:18

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What is the definition of "canonical"?

answered Mar 28, 2010 at 20:27

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Fermat's Last Theorem for Gaussian Integers ( excluding $\mathbb{Z}$ or $i\mathbb{Z}$ )

answered Mar 14, 2012 at 12:02

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What is the difference between PSL_2 and PGL_2?

answered Feb 23, 2010 at 12:11

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Is it true that, as $\Bbb Z$-modules, the polynomial ring and the power series ring over integers are dual to each other?

answered Dec 31, 2009 at 8:29

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If $2^x $and $3^x$ are integers, must $x$ be as well?

answered Mar 9, 2010 at 7:58

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How do you approach your child's math education?

answered Mar 31, 2010 at 16:09

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Are there Maass forms where the expected Galois representation is $\ell$-adic?

answered Jun 6, 2012 at 6:40

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Are there mistakes in the proof of FLT?

answered Nov 21, 2021 at 16:48

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A game on Noetherian rings

answered Apr 7, 2012 at 11:15

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What are the reasons for considering rings without identity?

answered Apr 26, 2010 at 10:41

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Tools for the Langlands Program?

answered Feb 15, 2010 at 23:36

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Character table does not determine group Vs Tannaka duality

answered Jan 10, 2010 at 11:01

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How did Birch and Swinnerton Dyer arrive at their conjecture?

answered Jun 1, 2011 at 8:00

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How do you select an interesting and reasonable problem for a student?

answered Apr 28, 2010 at 12:39

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Is "all categorical reasoning formally contradictory"?

answered May 5, 2010 at 10:52

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Still Difficult After All These Years

answered Nov 2, 2010 at 19:38

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Integers not represented by $ 2 x^2 + x y + 3 y^2 + z^3 - z $

answered Jan 29, 2010 at 11:59

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Why is one interested in the mod p reduction of modular curves and Shimura varieties?

answered Jan 19, 2010 at 12:11

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Does anyone still seriously doubt the consistency of $ZFC$?

answered Dec 24, 2022 at 23:07

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What makes dependent type theory more suitable than set theory for proof assistants?

answered Nov 20, 2020 at 13:59

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What to do when your research runs into a computationally challenging problem?

answered Jul 30, 2011 at 19:44

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Particular problem solved by solving a more general problem.

answered Apr 13, 2010 at 16:17

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What programming languages do mathematicians use?

Proofs shown to be wrong after formalization with proof assistant

Extent of “unscientific”, and of wrong, papers in research mathematics

Etale cohomology -- Why study it?

What would you want to see at the Museum of Mathematics?

How do I check if a functor has a (left/right) adjoint?

What are "perfectoid spaces"?

Smooth proper scheme over Z

What is the definition of "canonical"?

Fermat's Last Theorem for Gaussian Integers ( excluding $\mathbb{Z}$ or $i\mathbb{Z}$ )

What is the difference between PSL_2 and PGL_2?

Is it true that, as $\Bbb Z$-modules, the polynomial ring and the power series ring over integers are dual to each other?

If $2^x $and $3^x$ are integers, must $x$ be as well?

How do you approach your child's math education?

Are there Maass forms where the expected Galois representation is $\ell$-adic?

Are there mistakes in the proof of FLT?

A game on Noetherian rings

What are the reasons for considering rings without identity?

Tools for the Langlands Program?

Character table does not determine group Vs Tannaka duality

How did Birch and Swinnerton Dyer arrive at their conjecture?

How do you select an interesting and reasonable problem for a student?

Is "all categorical reasoning formally contradictory"?

Still Difficult After All These Years

Integers not represented by $ 2 x^2 + x y + 3 y^2 + z^3 - z $

Why is one interested in the mod p reduction of modular curves and Shimura varieties?

Does anyone still seriously doubt the consistency of $ZFC$?

What makes dependent type theory more suitable than set theory for proof assistants?

What to do when your research runs into a computationally challenging problem?

Particular problem solved by solving a more general problem.