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Proofs, problems and the pleasure of being stuck.
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Problems, proofs, and the pleasure of being stuck. Anything from a tidy combinatorics puzzle to measure theory, plus a reading group that works through one text at a time. Partial progress is a welcome post: say where it breaks and somebody will sit in the gap with you.
Topics
- Problems
- Proofs
- Reading group
- Stuck on this
Recent discussions
- How should I compute a confidence interval when test items come in clusters?Question · Stuck on this · Oct 25, 2026 · 7 replies
- Expected maximum of independent exponential delays when the rates are not equal?Question · Problems · Oct 24, 2026 · 8 replies
- Coupon collector at work: waiting for every claim code to show up at least onceProblems · Oct 23, 2026 · 5 replies
- Stuck proving a bound on this sum and I think my induction is wrongQuestion · Stuck on this · Oct 1, 2026 · 12 replies
- The probabilistic method still feels like cheating and it still worksProofs · Sep 24, 2026 · 5 replies
- Proofs: the best money I could spend right now?Question · Proofs · Sep 23, 2026 · 4 replies
- Proofs: an unpopular opinion, argued properlyStuck on this · Sep 22, 2026 · 4 replies
- Proofs: where would you tell a beginner to start?Question · Problems · Sep 19, 2026 · 9 replies
- Proofs: a small thing I am quietly pleased withProblems · Sep 14, 2026 · 9 replies
- Measure theory reading group, week six notesReading group · Sep 9, 2026 · 7 replies
- Proofs: the advice I had to unlearnProblems · Sep 2, 2026 · 8 replies
- Proofs: what has actually changed in the last year?Proofs · Aug 28, 2026 · 9 replies
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