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How many sides does a circle have?
Apr 8, 2011
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Deleting any digit yields a prime... is there a name for this?
Apr 15, 2011
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Is $6.12345678910111213141516171819202122\ldots$ transcendental?
Mar 5, 2011
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What are some examples of a mathematical result being counterintuitive?
May 2, 2012
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Need a result of Euler that is simple enough for a child to understand
May 3, 2011
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Difference between $:=$ and $=$
Sep 11, 2011
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Intuitive understanding of why the sum of nth roots of unity is $0$
May 13, 2011
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How do you say $10$ when it's in binary?
Sep 19, 2011
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How best to explain the $\sqrt{2\pi n}$ term in Stirling's?
Feb 26, 2011
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Can we make $\tan(x)$ arbitrarily close to an integer when $x\in \mathbb{Z}$?
Feb 27, 2011
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One of my students may be getting math.SE to do their homework
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Deleting your own answers
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Would it be prudent to ignore downvotes rather than commenting on them so frequently?
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Where is @moron?
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Disable "share a link" popup?
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Why would a company care about the price of its own shares in the stock market?
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How can I prevent my 8-year-old from spending time with his bad friend?
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What is the "Random Oracle Model" and why is it controversial?
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What does env x='() { :;}; command' bash do and why is it insecure?
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Safe to have multiple processes writing to the same file at the same time? [CentOs 6, ext4]

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