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Answer: When I was a graduate student, some of us made an attempt to do (almos.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Do mathematicians really have the time to 'do all the exercises' in books like Hartshorne's, Bredon's etc? Keith Ramsay, Ph.D. in mathematics Written Jul 7, 2019 When I was a graduate student, some of us made an attempt to do (almost) all of the exercises in Hartshorne. We didn't aim at doing all of them, because some of them are open questions. (I seem to remember the Jacobian conjecture being given as an exercise with a warning, but it was a long enough ago I... Read More » What was the deadliest battle of the Middle Age? Michael Orick, former Security Police/Security Forces at US Air Force Retirement (1978-1998) Written May 7 The battle of Ankara, 1402, between the Ottoman and Timurid empires. About 85,000 Turks battled 140,000 Timurids. Most of both forces were archers mounted on horses, camels, and even elephants. A river was diverted and a Sultan captured. The battle of Yehuling in 1211 between the Mongols and Jin Chinese.... Read More » What's happening with COVID-19 in China? Are they getting vaccinated? Why do we never hear about cases in China on the news? Hua Liu, Construction engineer at Construction (2004-present) Written May 3 Because your government and the media don't want you to know. It's going to humiliate them. So far, the number of vaccinations in China is about 220 million, and 560 million people are planned to be completed by the end of June. No one died of the virus for 100 consecutive days, and the number of new loca... Read More » What's the most legendary thing that happened at an Olympiad competition? Tanish Patil, Bachelor Mathematics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (2022) Written Jul 22, 2020 I have been to three IMOs and a MEMO; and I have experienced a variety of wild misadventures across the four of them (I am settling for this definition of legendary, rather than one based on academic acheivement; if you were looking for a story of something intelligent happening at an IMO then I am jus... Read More » Why do Filipinos tend to be more confident than Indonesians? Stephanie, An Indonesian and a world citizen Updated Sat I believe this is more of a foreigner's view towards Filipinos and Indonesians. It is probably true, I've heard this from my non-Filipino and non-Indonesian friends as well. Based on my observation, the main reason why Filipinos tend to be more confident than Indonesians lies in English proficiency. In ... Read More » Read More in Your Feed Never miss a story. Designed for readers on the go. This email was sent by Quora (605 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/