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How do you describe your mathematical research in layman's terms?

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Predicting Real Numbers

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How to maintain enthusiasm and joy in teaching when the material grows stale

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Two Definitions of the Special Orthogonal Lie Algebra

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How 'commutative' can a non-commutative ring be?

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Variety of Nilpotent Matrices

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How many pairs of nilpotent, commuting matrices are there in $M_n(\mathbb{F}_q)$?

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Applications of functions of the form $f(x)^{g(x)}$

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Abelian subgroups of $GL_n(\mathbb{F}_p)$

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A card game with no decisions

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Using a compass and straightedge, what is the shortest way to divide a line segment into $n$ equal parts?

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Bodyguards and Laser Beams

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Showing Grothendieck's Vanishing Theorem provides a strict bound

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How many matrices in $M_n(\mathbb{F}_q)$ are nilpotent?

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Area of a Random Polygon

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Tiling an $n\times n$ Grid

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Ideal defining the nilpotent cone of $\mathfrak{gl}_n(k)$

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Computing Subgroup Lattices

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Injective Resolutions in $\mathfrak{Ab}(X)$

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Rational points and dimension of a variety

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$k$-rational points of a scheme over $K$

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Definition/existence/uniqueness of a minimal projective resolution

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Getting an airplane around the world

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Techniques for showing an ideal in $k[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ is prime

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If a tensor product is free, what can we say about the tensor factors?

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Singularities of Curves in Positive Characteristic

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Computing Sylow $p$-subgroups of classical groups

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Nonatomic vs. Continuous Measures

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Counting subsets of lattice points

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A (not so?) simple calculus problem

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How do you describe your mathematical research in layman's terms?

Predicting Real Numbers

How to maintain enthusiasm and joy in teaching when the material grows stale

Two Definitions of the Special Orthogonal Lie Algebra

How 'commutative' can a non-commutative ring be?

Variety of Nilpotent Matrices

How many pairs of nilpotent, commuting matrices are there in $M_n(\mathbb{F}_q)$?

Applications of functions of the form $f(x)^{g(x)}$

Abelian subgroups of $GL_n(\mathbb{F}_p)$

A card game with no decisions

Using a compass and straightedge, what is the shortest way to divide a line segment into $n$ equal parts?

Bodyguards and Laser Beams

Showing Grothendieck's Vanishing Theorem provides a strict bound

How many matrices in $M_n(\mathbb{F}_q)$ are nilpotent?

Area of a Random Polygon

Tiling an $n\times n$ Grid

Ideal defining the nilpotent cone of $\mathfrak{gl}_n(k)$

Computing Subgroup Lattices

Injective Resolutions in $\mathfrak{Ab}(X)$

Rational points and dimension of a variety

$k$-rational points of a scheme over $K$

Definition/existence/uniqueness of a minimal projective resolution

Getting an airplane around the world

Techniques for showing an ideal in $k[x_1,\ldots,x_n]$ is prime

If a tensor product is free, what can we say about the tensor factors?

Singularities of Curves in Positive Characteristic

Computing Sylow $p$-subgroups of classical groups

Nonatomic vs. Continuous Measures

Counting subsets of lattice points

A (not so?) simple calculus problem