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How many rolls do I need to determine if my dice are fair?
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lwhsiao
16 days ago
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What is the math behind the game Spot It (a.k.a. Dobble)?
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martinlaz
19 days ago
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Set Builder Notation: Colon or Vertical Line (2015)
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susam
21 days ago
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Are sets and symbols the building blocks of mathematics?
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3 points
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wumeow
21 days ago
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Writing 1+1= 2 in a complicated way
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latchkey
42 days ago
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Behavior of the 1D symmetric simple random walk with a slight perturbation
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zaikunzhang
55 days ago
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In definitions, it is common to use "if" even though "if and only if" is meant
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susam
80 days ago
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Can mathematical definitions of form "P if Q" mean "P if and only if Q"? (2012)
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7 points
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susam
81 days ago
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Is there an integer that takes all 3 sides of different Pythagorean triples?
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2 points
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azeemba
83 days ago
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How would you explain a tensor to a computer scientist?
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azeemba
3 months ago
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Use of ⟹ and = when stricter conditions are true
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3 points
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susam
3 months ago
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What is your favorite application of the Pigeonhole Principle?
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downboots
4 months ago
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How (or why) did Topology become so central to modern mathematics? (2016)
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2 points
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susam
5 months ago
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How did the notation "ln" for "log base e" become so pervasive?
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5 points
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susam
5 months ago
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How often will two random events occur simultaneously?
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2 points
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walterbell
5 months ago
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Equivalence of Morphisms Under Substitution
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todsacerdoti
6 months ago
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Russian students can't solve this problem but American students can. Why? (2016)
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5 points
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ColinWright
6 months ago
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How did the notation "ln" for "log base e" become so pervasive?
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3 points
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susam
7 months ago
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Average number of steps in the Collatz conjecture (2023)
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belter
7 months ago
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Is the Mandelbrot set computable? (2023)
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3 points
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hkmaxpro
7 months ago
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How would you explain a tensor to a computer scientist?
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4 points
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azeemba
8 months ago
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On Leibniz Notation
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171 points
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colonCapitalDee
9 months ago
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Solving for Sin Using Pi
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3 points
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pyinstallwoes
10 months ago
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Why does the volume of a hypersphere decrease in higher dimensions?
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1 point
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throwoutway
11 months ago
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Is there anyone among us who can identify a certain SUS space?
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2 points
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StevenXC
on Sept 30, 2023
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Visually deceptive “proofs” which are mathematically wrong
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1 point
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downboots
on Sept 12, 2023
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Is there any abstract theory of electrical networks?
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1 point
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behnamoh
on Sept 9, 2023
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Fractional Calculus
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5 points
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philipswood
on Sept 2, 2023
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Which one result in mathematics has surprised you the most?
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3 points
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Paul-Craft
on July 17, 2023
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Why is the volume of a cone one third of the volume of a cylinder? (2010)
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eigenvalue
on July 1, 2023
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