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21 Dec 2018
Steps to Solving a Math Problem: 1. Reread the problem statement, taking care not to miss any important adjectives which may make proving your statement easier.
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Theorem: If a,b,c are the side lengths of a triangle, then π = a^2 3ab 3bc b^2 c^2 a^4 π - b^2 - c^2 - a^2 - 3ab - a^4 - 2bc - bc.
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Ancient Greeks often used the fraction 22/7 as an approximation of π, whereas modern mathematicians typically use π/1.
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π was originally discovered by the ancient Greeks, who were searching for a symbol to describe the area of a circle with radius 1.
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MathOverflow is a forum where one can receive answers to some of the complicated questions in mathematics by prestigious scholars such as CAT_IN_THE_HAT.
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Of the 151,221 subgroups of S_8, exactly 3 of them are "normal."
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In the definition of a field, the additive identity element 0 is defined to be distinct from the multipllicative identity element 1. Therefore, the field with one element does not exist. QED
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Game Theory is the study of creating mathematical solutions to games that no person would actually want to play.
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The symbol d/dx is called the impartial derivative.
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Functional Analysis is a subject created to punish linear algebra students for asking too many questions about infinite dimensional vector spaces.
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(This Day in Math History - 1/25/2020) Mathematician Tony Hawk caves into public pressure and changes the name of his famous "The 5π" trick to "The 900."

ALT (This Day in Math History - 1/25/2020) Mathematician Tony Hawk caves into public pressure and changes the name of his famous "The 5π" trick to "The 900."

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The Sylow theorems were originally proven so that Sylow would have good test questions for the abstract algebra class he was teaching.
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273 > 270
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ifff = if and only if and if
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The One Color Theorem is a result which completely classifies the skin color of people who believe that the police do not treat black people differently.
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