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Scientific American on 0.999... = 1

Headline: Mathematicians cant agree on whether 0.999... equals 1 Headlines like this are misleading. Mathematics agree, lay people online argue. The article really doesn't do anything...

I just learned the proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra

MY MIND IS BLOWN! Istg everything in complex analysis comes from the fact that we study holomorphic functions and god are they beautiful. Holomorphicity implies...

Two strange properties of the infinite Binary Tree

The Infinite Binary Tree (see left-hand figure) has countably many nodes and uncounbtably many paths. (1) If we look at the upper levels only, then between...

How is the job in applied mathematics?

Applied mathematics was my second choice for university. I wanted to study statistics or computer science, sadly the computer science faculty is two hours from...