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How to replace identifications with equalities?

This is a question which has been bothering me a lot since I've began studying abstract mathematics. I'm not sure if others are also bothered by this, or if this is something not to worry about. A lot of times, there is a statement about extending…
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Is there an elemental formula for the supremum?

Given any two real numbers $x,y$ we can compute $$\max(x,y)=\frac{|\,a-b\,|+a+b}{2}$$ using "nice" functions and operations (adding/substracting, absolute value, halving). Inductively we can calculate $\max(x_1,\dots,x_n)$ for any finite collection…
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Are there any channels or streams for real-time research mathematics?

Users around the world use streaming services such as YouTube or Twitch to share their activities in real-time. Sometimes these activities are exciting such as professional gaming, but sometimes quite mundane too such as eating. Are there any…
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Excessive checking and anxiety as I solve lengthy problems or problems with intensive calculations

I suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. But the good thing is that I managed it 8 months back after therapy and practicing mindfulness meditation on a daily basis. Since then, I have been working on my problem solving skills and learning…
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Funny or entertaining material for professor

I'm having "Lebesgue's Integral and Fourier Series" as subject this year in college, and my professor not only marks us by our work, but also by our attitude, or even our capability to negotiate our own grade. The thing is I'm doing pretty well,…
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What does "An Introduction to X" mean?

Is my understanding correct that when a textbook is called something along the lines of "An Introduction to X", it contains the basic results of X (roughly speaking)? If not, what does such a title mean?
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Differential geometry and differential topology graduate program options

I am a physics undergraduate student from a University in Mexico, I am about to graduate, right about the middle of my undergraduate studies I realized I was more into math than into physics, I did some self study in several areas (Set Theory,…
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On the study of univalent functions

I am reading one pdf on univalent (analytic + injective) functions. After the introductory part, they said we will study class of such functions on unit disc(${z\in \mathbb C / \mid z \mid<1}$) with normalising conditions $f(0)=0 $ and $f'(0)=1$.…
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IMO problems with physics relation

Does anyone know who are quite keen and have large information on IMO (International mathematical Olympiads) have any knowledge on problems in the IMO which are highly related to physics? Or like have some applications to physics specifically…
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Looking for connections between fields

warning: open ended question. I want to learn more about how topics in mathematics (especially group theory, graph theory, algebraic structures) connects different ideas that we use for systems engineering. For example: Writing a loop in a program,…
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Advice formulating a question for an assignment

I need to formulate a question that addresses the criteria "Solve engineering problems and formulate mathematical models using graphical and numerical integration". I'm trying to decode what I can do for this and I don't have a problem coming up…
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How to work on a problem that is too large to fit in mind at once?

My question here is about a process. Anamnesis. I have been researching a numeric algorithm for a computer program. The idea is not difficult to grasp, and every part of the study — be it proof of termination, or complexity analysis, whatever — is…
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What is considered trivial in mathematics? What makes a statement trivial?

I'm a graduate student in a sort of Computer Science major. I'm not from US so is kind difficult to explain, but my course is more focused in the practical area of CS, is a course devoted to put professionals in the industry rather than the…
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Is the following approach mathematically correct? (While solving questions)

For example, consider this question (I know the question below is nonsense. But it isn't important here, so I will go on) : ' For any $\triangle ABC$, it is known that when a point $G$ inside $\triangle ABC$ is set to satisfy $ \overline {AB} :…
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Is there any gamified software for learning advanced mathematics?

I have been thinking for a while that new ed-tech software, such as Babbel, could be applied to higher level mathematics. Although visualisations of mathematical forms, akin to diagrams, are often seen in for example Wikipedia pages, it does not…
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