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Notation |
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1 | (6) |
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7 | (4) |
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1915. General Relativity and the Absolute Differential Calculus |
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11 | (6) |
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1916. Ostrowski's Theorem |
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17 | (4) |
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1917. Morse Theory, but Really Cantor |
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21 | (6) |
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27 | (6) |
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33 | (6) |
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39 | (6) |
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45 | (6) |
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1922. Lindeberg Condition |
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51 | (6) |
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57 | (4) |
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1924. The Banach-Tarski Paradox |
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61 | (6) |
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1925. The Schrodinger Equation |
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67 | (4) |
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1926. Ackermann's Function |
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71 | (4) |
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1927. William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition |
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75 | (4) |
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1928. Random Matrix Theory |
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79 | (6) |
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1929. Godel's Incompleteness Theorems |
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85 | (4) |
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89 | (6) |
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1931. The Ergodic Theorem |
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95 | (6) |
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101 | (6) |
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107 | (6) |
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1934. Khinchin's Constant |
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113 | (4) |
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1935. Hilbert's Seventh Problem |
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117 | (4) |
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121 | (6) |
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1937. Vinogradov's Theorem |
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127 | (4) |
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131 | (6) |
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1939. The Power of Positive Thinking |
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137 | (4) |
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1940. A Mathematician's Apology |
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141 | (4) |
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1941. The Foundation Trilogy |
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145 | (6) |
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151 | (6) |
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157 | (6) |
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1944. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior |
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163 | (6) |
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1945. The Riemann Hypothesis in Function Fields |
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169 | (6) |
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175 | (6) |
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181 | (6) |
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1948. Elementary Proof of the Prime Number Theorem |
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187 | (6) |
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193 | (6) |
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1950. Arrow's Impossibility Theorem |
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199 | (6) |
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1951. Tennenbaum's Proof of the Irrationality of σ2 |
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205 | (4) |
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209 | (6) |
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1953. The Metropolis Algorithm |
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215 | (6) |
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1954. Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser Theorem |
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221 | (6) |
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227 | (6) |
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233 | (2) |
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235 | (6) |
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241 | (6) |
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247 | (4) |
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1960. The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics |
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251 | (6) |
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1961. Lorenz's Nonperiodic Flow |
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257 | (6) |
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1962. The Gale-Shapley Algorithm and the Stable Marriage Problem |
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263 | (6) |
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1963. Continuum Hypothesis |
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269 | (6) |
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1964. Principles of Mathematical Analysis |
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275 | (6) |
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1965. Fast Fourier Transform |
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281 | (6) |
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1966. Class Number One Problem |
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287 | (6) |
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1967. The Langlands Program |
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293 | (6) |
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1968. Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem |
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299 | (6) |
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305 | (6) |
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1970. Hilbert's Tenth Problem |
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311 | (6) |
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1971. Society for American Baseball Research |
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317 | (6) |
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1972. Zaremba's Conjecture |
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323 | (6) |
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1973. Transcendence of e Centennial |
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329 | (4) |
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333 | (6) |
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1975. Szemeredi's Theorem |
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339 | (6) |
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345 | (6) |
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351 | (6) |
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357 | (6) |
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363 | (6) |
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1980. Hilbert's Third Problem |
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369 | (6) |
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1981. The Mason-Stothers Theorem |
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375 | (6) |
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1982. Two Envelopes Problem |
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381 | (4) |
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385 | (6) |
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391 | (4) |
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1985. The Jones Polynomial |
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395 | (6) |
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1986. Sudokus and Look and Say |
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401 | (6) |
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1987. Primes, the Zeta Function, Randomness, and Physics |
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407 | (6) |
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413 | (8) |
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421 | (6) |
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1990. The Monty Hall Problem |
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427 | (6) |
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433 | (6) |
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1992. Monstrous Moonshine |
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439 | (6) |
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445 | (6) |
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451 | (6) |
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1995. Fermat's Last Theorem |
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457 | (6) |
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1996. Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) |
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463 | (6) |
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1997. The Nobel Prize of Merton and Scholes |
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469 | (6) |
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1998. The Kepler Conjecture |
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475 | (6) |
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1999. Baire Category Theorem |
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481 | (6) |
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487 | (6) |
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2001. Colin Hughes Founds Project Euler |
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493 | (6) |
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499 | (6) |
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2003. Poincare Conjecture |
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505 | (6) |
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2004. Primes in Arithmetic Progression |
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511 | (8) |
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2005. William Stein Developed Sage |
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519 | (6) |
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2006. The Strong Perfect Graph Theorem |
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525 | (6) |
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531 | (6) |
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2008. 100th Anniversary of the t-Test |
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537 | (6) |
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2009. 100th Anniversary of Brouwer's Fixed-Point Theorem |
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543 | (6) |
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549 | (6) |
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2011. 100th Anniversary of Egorov's Theorem |
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555 | (6) |
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2012. National Museum of Mathematics |
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561 | (4) |
Index of People |
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565 | (6) |
Index |
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