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Qiaochu Yuan
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Ex-graduate student. I apologize in advance for some of my old writing.

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Examples of common false beliefs in mathematics
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What are your favorite instructional counterexamples?
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Most harmful heuristic?
Oct 24, 2009
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How do I make the conceptual transition from multivariable calculus to differential forms?
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What are the most misleading alternate definitions in taught mathematics?
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Extremely messy proofs
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Where does a math person go to learn quantum mechanics?
Oct 27, 2009
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What is entropy, really?
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What are the most misleading alternate definitions in taught mathematics?
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What is (co)homology, and how does a beginner gain intuition about it?
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