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I am an amateur mathematician who is interested in the history of mathematics and physics.

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Which mathematicians died very young or in a tragic way?
Nov 27 '15
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Which mathematicians died very young or in a tragic way?
Nov 27 '15
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Did Guinness Book of Records screw up on the "longest-standing maths problem (ever)"?
Jun 13 '15
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Historically, how did people define multiplication for negative numbers?
Aug 10 '15
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Why is kg the standard unit for mass and not g in SI?
Jul 20 '15
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What language was spoken at the International Mathematical Congress?
Jun 28 '15
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What famous theorems or results were proven by female mathematicians?
Oct 20 '15
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Has any 'difficult' proof ever been superseded by a 'simple' one?
Sep 9 '15
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Why and when did some areas separate themselves from philosophy and some not?
Jul 30 '15
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Is there any reason why Hilbert's problems are ordered in the way they are?
Jul 25 '16
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Is it possible to describe the Collatz function in one formula?
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What is exactly the difference between a definition and an axiom?
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How do I square a logarithm?
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Proof of the derivative of $\ln(x)$
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To what extent can quantum computers help to develop Artificial Intelligence?
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Does having two first languages make you more effective in learning second languages later?

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