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| The best articles from mathoverflow.net, according to Hacker News. |
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| 2010 | | Why do many math books have so much detail and so little enlightenment? (mathoverflow.net) |
| 620 points | 6 years ago with 260 comments |
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| 2010 | | It's not mathematics that you need to contribute to (mathoverflow.net) |
| 377 points across 3 posts | 9 months ago with 58 comments |
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| 2011 | | Explain mathematically a video from a space station (mathoverflow.net) |
| 186 points | 7 years ago with 32 comments |
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| 2010 | | Major discoveries made by mathematicians past age 50 (mathoverflow.net) |
| 179 points | 1 year ago with 76 comments |
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| 2010 | | Widely accepted mathematical results that were later shown to be wrong? (mathoverflow.net) |
| 112 points | 6 months ago with 47 comments |
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| 2010 | | Bill Thurston's answer to “What's a mathematician to do?” (mathoverflow.net) |
| 104 points | 3 years ago with 21 comments |
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| 2009 | | Most interesting mathematics mistake? (mathoverflow.net) |
| 97 points | 4 years ago with 19 comments |
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| 2010 | | Writing math papers in pre-LaTeX era (mathoverflow.net) |
| 42 points | 3 years ago with 11 comments |
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