User Adrián Barquero - Mathematics Stack Exchange

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Why can you turn clothing right-side-out?

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may 20 at 2:36 Double AA 169

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What was the first bit of mathematics that made you realize that math is beautiful? (For children's book)

may 6 at 4:59 Jori Mäntysalo 31

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How to study math to really understand it and have a healthy lifestyle with free time?

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dec 31 at 5:24 Grigor 1

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“The Egg:” Bizarre behavior of the roots of a family of polynomials.

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feb 27 at 20:28 Bruno 7,044

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What's an intuitive way to think about the determinant?

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may 13 at 7:14 MJD 21k

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A challenge by R. P. Feynman: give counter-intuitive theorems that can be translated into everyday language

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aug 6 at 1:40 John 1

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Which one result in maths has surprised you the most?

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mar 8 at 20:38 Arthur Fischer♦ 21.3k

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In (relatively) simple words: What is an inverse limit?

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mar 29 at 8:55 Pieter Cuijpers 31

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How can you prove that a function has no closed form integral?

calculus real-analysis integration differential-algebra

sep 19 at 17:52 Nils Matthes 1,083

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Why is Euler's Gamma function the “best” extension of the factorial function to the reals?

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sep 25 at 21:06 Gottfried Helms 7,217

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Tablet for reading textbooks and writing math by hand?

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mar 28 at 16:04 hhh 1,500

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Importance of Representation Theory

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feb 23 '11 at 22:14 Community♦ 1

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Best Sets of Lecture Notes and Articles

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may 9 at 21:19 Andrew 1,643

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What's the significance of Tate's thesis?

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feb 19 '12 at 3:02 Matt E 58.1k

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Self-Contained Proof that $\sum\limits_{n=1}^{\infty} \frac1{n^p}$ Converges for $p > 1$

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sep 24 at 6:50 chatur 117

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Does $R[x] \cong S[x]$ imply $R \cong S$?

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sep 20 '11 at 2:56 Leon Lampret 2,630

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Intuitive explanation of Cauchy's Integral Formula in Complex Analysis

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apr 14 '11 at 5:18 Community♦ 1

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How does one give a mathematical talk?

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dec 18 at 12:33 Nicolas Essis-Breton 1,362

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How come the number $N!$ can terminate in exactly $1,2,3,4,$ or $6$ zeroes but never $5$ zeroes?

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may 5 '12 at 17:07 Aryabhata 47.6k

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Solving the integral $\int_{0}^{\infty} \frac{\sin{x}}{x} \ dx = \frac{\pi}{2}$?

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mar 12 at 13:08 xpaul 1,056

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Mathematical subjects you wish you learned earlier

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feb 13 at 23:19 andyvn22 101

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The resemblance between Mordell's theorem and Dirichlet's unit theorem

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mar 5 at 12:58 QiL'8 15.3k

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Is there a quick proof as to why the vector space of $\mathbb{R}$ over $\mathbb{Q}$ is infinite-dimensional?

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sep 26 '11 at 20:12 Leon Lampret 2,630

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How is $\mathbb{C}$ different than $\mathbb{R}^2$?

complex-analysis

nov 29 '11 at 18:10 Steven Stadnicki 14.2k

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Nice expression for minimum of three variables?

functions

dec 8 '11 at 23:12 Srivatsan 15.6k

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Golden Number Theory

number-theory commutative-algebra algebraic-number-theory

sep 18 at 17:45 Neves 1,120

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Are all algebraic integers with absolute value 1 roots of unity?

algebraic-number-theory

aug 9 at 12:32 Community♦ 1

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How Do You Go About Learning Mathematics?

soft-question self-learning

nov 13 '11 at 15:43 Quixotic 7,930

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What is the Tor functor?

commutative-algebra modules homological-algebra derived-functors

jul 24 at 7:17 Matt N. 15.3k

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Any positive integer solutions to $x^6+y^{10}=z^{15}$?

elementary-number-theory diophantine-equations

mar 30 '11 at 15:43 Peter Mortensen 154

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