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115 What are some examples of a mathematical result being counterintuitive? May 4 '12
95 Motivation for Ramanujan's mysterious $\pi$ formula Dec 13 '10
58 Intuitively, what is the difference between Eigendecomposition and Singular Value Decomposition? Mar 4 '13
52 Explain “homotopy” to me Feb 10 '16
40 Category of all categories vs. Set of all sets Nov 11 '10
33 Does local convexity imply global convexity? May 16 '12
27 Adjoint functors as “conceptual inverses” Feb 4 '11
23 Complete course of self-study Aug 13 '12
22 A matrix is diagonalizable, so what? Sep 10 '12
22 Meaning of Exponential map Oct 31 '14
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