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Have any long-suspected irrational numbers turned out to be rational? (mathoverflow.net)
100 points by colinprince on Sept 16, 2014 | past | 24 comments
What's a Mathematician to do? (mathoverflow.net)
140 points by StandardFuture on Sept 3, 2014 | past | 44 comments
Examples of unexpected mathematical images (mathoverflow.net)
3 points by cichli on Aug 18, 2014 | past
What are some deep theorems, and why are they considered deep? (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by todayiamme on May 8, 2014 | past
Do good math jokes exist? (mathoverflow.net)
2 points by yiransheng on April 25, 2014 | past
Algebra and Cancer Research (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by justplay on April 14, 2014 | past
Proofs without words (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by coffeecodecouch on April 7, 2014 | past
HOLY COW, IT'S A POLYNOMIAL QUOTIENT!!! (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by enthdegree on March 13, 2014 | past
Meta meta mathematical theories (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by aaren on March 10, 2014 | past
Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball rack (mathoverflow.net)
2 points by pavel_lishin on Feb 3, 2014 | past
Perfectly centered break of a perfectly aligned pool ball rack (mathoverflow.net)
279 points by verandaguy on Feb 2, 2014 | past | 67 comments
Mathematical research published in the form of poems (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by tujv on Jan 3, 2014 | past
Can We Decide Whether Small Computer Programs Halt? (mathoverflow.net)
2 points by wrongc0ntinent on Dec 30, 2013 | past | 1 comment
What are the most attractive Turing undecidable problems in mathematics? (mathoverflow.net)
2 points by DanielRibeiro on Dec 5, 2013 | past
Symmetric black-hole curves (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by kdavis on Aug 19, 2013 | past
Video lectures of mathematics courses available online for free (mathoverflow.net)
114 points by llambda on July 20, 2013 | past | 16 comments
Theorems that are 'obvious' but hard to prove (mathoverflow.net)
2 points by ColinWright on Feb 10, 2013 | past | 9 comments
Mathematical proofs with visualization (mathoverflow.net)
2 points by dsr12 on Nov 30, 2012 | past
Can pure mathematics harness citizen science? (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by sapien on Nov 18, 2012 | past
Mathematical habits which would be of use to non-mathematicians (mathoverflow.net)
12 points by SandB0x on Sept 28, 2012 | past
Philosophy behind Mochizuki's work on the ABC conjecture (mathoverflow.net)
2 points by llambda on Sept 11, 2012 | past
ABC Conjecture: A proposed proof by mathematician S. Mochizuki (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by larryfreeman on Sept 9, 2012 | past | 1 comment
Bill Thurston's answer to "What's a mathematician to do?" (mathoverflow.net)
9 points by tim_sw on Aug 22, 2012 | past | 1 comment
Where is number theory used in the rest of mathematics? (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by ColinWright on Aug 21, 2012 | past
Have we ever lost mathematics? (mathoverflow.net)
7 points by Gelada on May 12, 2012 | past
Gaussian prime spirals (with pictures) (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by robinhouston on April 13, 2012 | past
How to write popular mathematics (or other technical subjects) well (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by Gelada on Dec 26, 2011 | past
How to efficiently vacuum the house (mathoverflow.net)
3 points by llambda on Dec 14, 2011 | past
Examples of mathematical concepts named after the wrong people (mathoverflow.net)
1 point by DiabloD3 on Dec 2, 2011 | past
Which math paper maximizes the ratio (importance)/(length)? (mathoverflow.net)
2 points by dmuino on Nov 7, 2011 | past

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