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Gerald Edgar
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Is there a canonical name for a polynomial-like expression allowing for negative powers?
Feb 3, 2023
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Explaining why (or whether) zero and one are prime, composite or neither to younger children
Oct 27, 2019
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Is it too late for me to start learning mathematics?
Feb 2, 2017
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Unique candidate that fails
Feb 22, 2015
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What is the rationale for distinguishing between proper and improper fractions?
Oct 2, 2021
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When did US mathematics programs start failing to prepare incoming students for books like "Baby" Rudin?
Oct 6, 2015
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Should we stop differentiating between ln and log?
Dec 16, 2019
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Misuse of parentheses for multiplication
Oct 24, 2016
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Why is differential calculus often presented before integral calculus?
Jul 6, 2021
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Concrete vectors spaces without an obvious basis or many "obvious" bases?
Mar 9, 2022
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Can I correct a mistake that the reviewers didn't spot in a paper that has not been accepted yet?
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Prove that every convex function is continuous
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What are your favorite instructional counterexamples?
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If you're black, how do you answer "Oh you're a professor? So you teach African Studies?"
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Most interesting mathematics mistake?