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832 Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics May 4 '10
194 Proofs that require fundamentally new ways of thinking Dec 9 '10
188 Demonstrating that rigour is important Sep 3 '10
146 Generalizing a problem to make it easier Sep 26 '10
138 Memorizing theorems Nov 3 '09
119 Theorems that are 'obvious' but hard to prove Jan 9 '11
111 Are there any very hard unknots? Jan 27 '11
105 What are some very important papers published in non-top journals? Nov 6 '15
105 Knuth's intuition that Goldbach might be unprovable Jun 11 '10
105 Why is differentiating mechanics and integration art? May 30 '11
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