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Joseph O'Rourke
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Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus; Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus.

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Restoring Bill Thurston's figures in an answer
Jun 24, 2019
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Grothendieck's passing
Nov 14, 2014
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What MO is for and what is *your* aim in participation?
Dec 24, 2013
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2013 Moderator Nominations
Oct 4, 2013
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Slight downward trend in Q & A
May 12, 2016
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Editing titles to include $\mathfrak{LaTeX \; Math}$
Aug 6, 2013
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MO-Hard Questions
Aug 7, 2014
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What caused the spike in views and visits on September 23, 2018?
Oct 27, 2018
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Three-vote close?
May 3, 2021
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"In the past one and half years, Stack Overflow has lost 50% of its traffic."
Jul 25, 2023

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Conway's lesser-known results
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Gaussian prime spirals
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Is the boundary $\partial S$ analogous to a derivative?
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Rediscovery of lost mathematics
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Why are matrices ubiquitous but hypermatrices rare?