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José Carlos Santos

I am a mathematician who works at the University of Porto (Portugal). My PhD, on Representation Theory, was obtained at the Université Paris — Denis Diderot, in 1996.

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28 Story of a student who solves an open problem Jan 22
27 Has a stereotypical “mad scientist” ever made a significant discovery? Mar 11 '19
23 Examples of when the professional scientists or mathematicians were wrong, but the nonprofessionals were right Jan 18 '19
13 What are some of the earliest mentions of scientific “cranks”? Jan 31 '19
13 Why did it take an army of physicists, working on a huge complex, so long to produce a working nuclear device, while it seems so easy in theory? Dec 25 '17
12 History of Galois Theory after Galois Oct 3 '17
11 Which mathematicians died very young or in a tragic way? Sep 16 '17
11 Why didn't John von Neumann win the Turing Award, Fields Medal or Nobel Prize? Feb 11 '19
10 Examples of papers co-authored by parent/child, or siblings Feb 22 '19
8 Was Giuseppe Peano one of the greatest mathematicians of his era? Sep 23 '20
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