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Geometry and topology front page 19/04/2009 - 17:40 9 years 21 weeks ago
Think axiomatically even about concrete objects 26/04/2009 - 12:55 9 years 23 weeks ago
Entropy vs. energy 25/06/2009 - 22:13 9 years 26 weeks ago
Use integration by parts to exploit cancellation 21/04/2009 - 16:52 9 years 30 weeks ago
Methods for bounding non-oscillatory integrals 23/04/2009 - 16:25 9 years 30 weeks ago
Turn sets into functions 14/12/2008 - 10:55 9 years 30 weeks ago
What can a lower bound say about potential proofs of the upper bound? 14/12/2008 - 15:26 9 years 30 weeks ago
Numerical solution of partial differential equations 21/07/2009 - 20:15 9 years 30 weeks ago
Counting by partitioning 19/04/2009 - 23:22 9 years 30 weeks ago
Prove that a sequence converges by passing to a subsequence 25/04/2009 - 07:08 9 years 30 weeks ago
To compute probabilities of unions and intersections, use the inclusion-exclusion formula 12/05/2009 - 15:37 9 years 30 weeks ago
To compute the probability that exactly k of n events occur, use generalized inclusion-exclusion 12/05/2009 - 21:55 9 years 30 weeks ago
Well known examples and categories of 3-manifolds 17/04/2009 - 20:14 9 years 30 weeks ago
Prove a consequence first 21/03/2010 - 05:34 9 years 34 weeks ago
General problem-solving tips 11/12/2008 - 09:23 9 years 34 weeks ago
To prove that a number is irrational, show that it is almost rational 05/05/2009 - 09:44 9 years 39 weeks ago
Bound your integral by its base times its height 20/04/2009 - 20:58 9 years 41 weeks ago
Dimension arguments in combinatorics 04/12/2008 - 10:50 9 years 41 weeks ago
Numerical solution of nonlinear equations 10/06/2009 - 12:45 9 years 41 weeks ago
How to use the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality 23/04/2009 - 01:52 9 years 41 weeks ago
Bounding probabilities by expectations 28/03/2009 - 20:53 9 years 41 weeks ago
Lower degree by increasing dimension (or vice-versa) 11/10/2009 - 09:25 9 years 42 weeks ago
How to compute the (co)homology of a space 22/04/2009 - 05:47 9 years 42 weeks ago
How to use tensor products and evaluation maps in representation theory 19/04/2009 - 21:27 10 years 10 weeks ago
Complete the square 29/04/2009 - 16:42 10 years 12 weeks ago