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Ethan Bolker

Mostly retired mathematician trying to help where I can: soft questions, elementary number theory, philosophy (differentials and infinitesimals), algebra newbies.

In TeX I tend to try to answer my own questions myself (often with ugly hacks!) so don't ask many here. As an answerer I'm better at do-it-outside-TeX and at helping newbies with easy questions than at competing with the wizards. I've used but never written a macro that needed \makeatletter.

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82 Asking questions in class: how can I “exit” a Q&A when I haven't really understood? Jan 22 '17
50 Letting students grade their own homework Dec 24 '17
38 My advisor's new student copied parts of my PhD thesis; advisor doesn't care. What to do? Dec 7 '18
22 What should I do if someone submit a review of a manuscript in journal system sooner than I know and I already prepared a detailed review? Apr 23 '18
17 What to do when you spend several months working on an idea that fails in a masters thesis? Nov 3 '14
14 Is it fair to use techniques I found on the web to solve my assignment? Oct 17 '18
14 Could I ask a recommendation letter from a professor who left the university? Jun 26 '17
12 Advice on writing a research paper in a less time Dec 27 '18
12 I (independently) solved a fellow student's research problem. I want to publish it. What should I do? Jun 28 '18
12 Is it appropriate to email a professor saying you enjoyed their class, after doing well in it? Apr 21 '18
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