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"Almost true": non-trivial claims that have exactly one counterexample
Oct 12, 2024
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Geometry question about a six-pack of beer
Jun 30, 2024
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Geometry question about a six-pack of beer
Jul 1, 2024
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Why do these two lines have the same probability of intersecting the circle?
Aug 14
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Can a disk of area $1$ be completely covered by six disks of areas $\frac12,\frac13,\frac14,\frac15,\frac16,\frac17$?
Jan 19, 2024
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A tetrahedron's vertices are random points on a sphere. What is the probability that the tetrahedron's four faces are all acute triangles?
Jul 16
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Intuition is silent: Find the probability that the smallest circle enclosing $n$ random points on a disk lies completely on the disk, as $n\to\infty$.
Nov 3, 2023
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A disc contains $n$ random points. Each point is connected to its nearest neighbor. What does the average cluster size approach as $n\to\infty$?
Jan 15, 2024
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Regular polygon of radius $1$ with diagonals: mysterious ring of radius $1/e$?
Dec 3, 2022
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Crazy fact(?) about circles drawn on base of triangle between cevians: they always fit, no matter what their order?
Jun 1, 2023

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Someone's answer is completely copied and pasted from my answer, and their answer got accepted.
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Why was I was given a 100 year suspension?
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Which posts have a high value of $\min(\text{upvotes, downvotes})$?
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I suspect an answer to my question was generated by AI. What should I do?
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Are users obligated to read (or at least skim) existing answers before posting a new answer?

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Conjecture: If circular coins of any sizes are in a convex polygonal frame, with each coin touching exactly one edge, then all the coins can move
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‘Lies to children’ in mathematics and statistics education
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On average, how many uniformly random real numbers $u$ are needed for their sum to exceed $1$, if $u_1$ is in $(0,1)$ and $u_k$ is in $(0,eu_{k-1})$?
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Is it fair to have follow-up interviews after a test following suspicions of cheating?
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How do you respond to students complaining that practice questions are both insufficient and too easy?