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John Bentin
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Is this a known question about the expression of a function on $\Bbb R^2$ as an infinite sum of products?
Jan 3, 2019
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Suggestions for special lectures at next ICM
Aug 9, 2020
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Is Cauchy induction used for proofs other than for AM–GM?
Nov 24, 2016
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Can a unit square be cut into rectangles that tile a rectangle with irrational sides?
Jan 15, 2014
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What are some reasonable-sounding statements that are independent of ZFC?
Jan 7, 2019
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The work of mathematicians outside their professional environment
Sep 28, 2019
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Is there a mathematical and information theoretic explanation for this cube packing phenomenon?
Dec 16, 2017
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How fast can the base-bumping function in Goodstein's theorem grow?
Aug 13, 2010
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Proofs where higher dimension or cardinality actually enabled much simpler proof?
May 21, 2020
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Is there a known condition for partial sums of a decreasing positive sequence to take all values up to the total sum?
May 25, 2020

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Why is the Penrose triangle "impossible"?
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Find $xy+yz+zx$ given systems of three homogenous quadratic equations for $x, y, z$
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How few disks are needed to cover a square efficiently?
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To sum $1+2+3+\cdots$ to $-\frac1{12}$
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When do two functions become equal?