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Ben Webster
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I'm an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo, and an Associate Faculty member at the Perimeter Institute. My interests are geometric representation theory, knot homology and categorification.

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Stack Exchange moderation strike
Jun 5, 2023
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Welcoming new user: on a recent question about connections
Dec 4, 2021
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Viewing reputation and badges is now opt-in and compatible with the new front page
Jan 16, 2022
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Reputation and badges are no longer visible next to the users' names
Jan 11, 2022
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What are our procedures if a user complains about harassment or abuse?
Dec 29, 2020
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OpenAI and MathOverflow?
May 18
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Jean-Christophe Yoccoz
Sep 8, 2016
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What to do if you want up-to-date answers to an old question on technology
Oct 10, 2019
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moving questions between MO and math.SE
Sep 12, 2013
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Are help requests to entitle specific papers appropriate for MathOverflow?
Sep 5, 2018
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Using nonstandard gender-neutral pronouns to refer to myself in academic writing
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What's the "best" proof of quadratic reciprocity?
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"Too many math alphabets" error
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I violated academic integrity unknowingly by sharing assignment resources with fellow student. What should I do?
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How does an academic mathematician educate him/herself about job opportunities outside academia?