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John Bentin
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  • Oxford, United Kingdom
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Why are there so many papers written in bad English?
Jan 10, 2014
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Is it OK to thank the examiners in the acknowledgements of the final draft of a PhD thesis?
Nov 26, 2016
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Is the phrase "thanks, but no thanks" appropriate in an email sent to a supervisor?
Feb 10, 2018
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Why would a professor (say in pure math) want to take PhD students?
Feb 15, 2018
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How to address an Oxford/Cambridge full-time lecurer who is not a Ph.D.?
Jan 11, 2014
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Central dot as decimal point in top journal
Oct 7, 2018
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Do I have an "anti-research" personality?
Apr 27, 2019
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Does anyone fund research in mathematical finance?
Jan 11, 2014
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Why do researchers sometimes use extremely complicated English sentences to convey their meaning?
Feb 20, 2017
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What typically incentivizes a professor to change jobs to a lower ranking university?
Apr 7, 2019
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Why is the Penrose triangle "impossible"?
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Find $xy+yz+zx$ given systems of three homogenous quadratic equations for $x, y, z$
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How few disks are needed to cover a square efficiently?
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To sum $1+2+3+\cdots$ to $-\frac1{12}$
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When do two functions become equal?