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What are some applications of mathematics whose objectives are not computations?

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What are some applications of mathematics whose objectives are not computations?

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Theorems in the form of "if and only if" such that the proof of one direction is extremely EASY to prove and the other one is extremely HARD

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Forward-backward induction

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Sequence $\rightarrow$ Generating function simple practice problems

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Collection: Results on stopping times for Brownian motion (with drift)

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Killing a butterfly with a bazooka

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Html5 Math Applets. Interactive free online

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What natural ways of partitioning a group $G$ are there?

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"Milk" the integral $\int_0^\infty\left(\frac{x^2}{x^4+2ax^2+1}\right)^r\frac{x^2+1}{x^2(x^s+1)}\mathrm dx$

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The "I wish I had read that first" textbook list

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Important Olympiad-inequalities

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Pathological, continuous functions

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Collection of less well-known, non-trivial, elegant story proofs (ie, "double counting proofs") of combinatorial identities

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Multiple proofs of $\sum_{d|n}{\phi(d)}=n$

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Make a list of algebraic, topological and dynamical properties of the circle.

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What are some applications of mathematics whose objectives are not computations?

Theorems in the form of "if and only if" such that the proof of one direction is extremely EASY to prove and the other one is extremely HARD

Forward-backward induction

Sequence $\rightarrow$ Generating function simple practice problems

Collection: Results on stopping times for Brownian motion (with drift)

Killing a butterfly with a bazooka

Html5 Math Applets. Interactive free online

What natural ways of partitioning a group $G$ are there?

"Milk" the integral $\int_0^\infty\left(\frac{x^2}{x^4+2ax^2+1}\right)^r\frac{x^2+1}{x^2(x^s+1)}\mathrm dx$

The "I wish I had read that first" textbook list

Important Olympiad-inequalities

Pathological, continuous functions

Collection of less well-known, non-trivial, elegant story proofs (ie, "double counting proofs") of combinatorial identities

Multiple proofs of $\sum_{d|n}{\phi(d)}=n$

Make a list of algebraic, topological and dynamical properties of the circle.

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