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John Hughes

I'm a professor of Computer Science at Brown University. My degree is in mathematics, and I used to study topology (and still do in my spare time).

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65 How did mathematicians decide on the axioms of linear algebra Nov 21 '15
44 Trouble understanding only one way implication truth Feb 5
39 Can you completely permute the elements of a matrix by applying permutation matrices? May 10
38 How do you calculate a sum over a polynomial? Sep 11 '15
34 Entering math through the side door Aug 14 '15
34 If I have a $0.00048\%$ chance of dying every second, how to numerically calculate the chance I have of dying in a day? Jun 9 '17
34 What does it mean to solve an equation? Jan 13 '16
33 Question about Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem Aug 15 '17
31 What to answer when people ask what I do in mathematics Feb 8 '15
24 Can a real ODE have a complex solution? Feb 21 '17
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