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Can one show a beginning student how to use the $p$-adics to solve a problem?

number-theory education p-adic-number-theory

Why do we need to learn Set Theory?

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Can someone give me an example of a challenging proof by induction? [closed]

induction examples-counterexamples education big-list

why is that most of the books in mathematics don't include answers?

soft-question education

Fun math outreach/social activities

education recreational-mathematics

Can someone provide the formal definition of the tangent line to a curve?

calculus derivatives education

What makes a good mathematician? [closed]

soft-question education

Elementary problems with group theoretic solutions

group-theory big-list education

Motivating infinite series

calculus sequences-and-series education

What does Khan Academy have to offer? Depth? Rigor?

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Why do we want probabilities to be *countably* additive?

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Is there a way to phrase "continuous" in terms of "connected"?

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Alternative set theories

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How do I make a student understand contradiction?

elementary-number-theory logic proof-writing education

How can points that have length zero result in a line segment with finite length? [duplicate]

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Is Calculus necessary for computer science student? [closed]

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Intuitive, possibly graphical explanation of why rationals have zero Lebesgue measure

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Explain non-convergent sums to a bright high schooler.

convergence-divergence summation education

Learning Math Efficienctly and Succeeding in Grad School

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Best books in the genre "______ for Mathematicians"

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