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40 What motivated Cantor to invent set theory? Oct 29 '14
10 Did Grothendieck really say that he felt “clumsy, even oafish, wandering painfully up an arduous track”? Aug 26 '16
9 Why were 18th century mathematicians interested in extending the factorial to non-integers? Mar 24 '15
9 In what form does the field of metamathematics exist today? Oct 31 '14
8 Why is Dirichlet's L-function called “L-function”? Jul 24 '17
8 What was the connection between David Hilbert and Stephan Banach? Oct 29 '14
6 Alexander Grothendieck; Where had he been all this time? Nov 27 '14
6 When was the modern field theory approach to Galois theory developed? Nov 9 '14
5 How did prisoners of war discover scientific breakthroughs while interned? Nov 13 '14
4 Was the term “manifold” (or its German equivalent) chosen with the verb “to fold” in mind? Sep 4 '15
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