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Brian M. Scott
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  • Cleveland Heights, OH
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Recently retired professor emeritus at Cleveland State University. I’m a set-theoretic and general topologist with an interest in combinatorics. I’m also interested in linguistics, especially historical linguistics.

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What does ‘alpha’ mean in the phrase, “A plea came for the President to be more alpha.”
Aug 21, 2011
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Plural of "abacus"
Aug 17, 2011
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Why is "transferred" written with two R's?
Aug 22, 2011
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I can run faster than _____. (1) him (2) he?
Aug 19, 2011
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Why is "bade" pronounced "bad"?
Aug 28, 2011
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Why does "for good" mean "forever"?
Sep 7, 2011
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Etymological relationship between "to" and "too"
Aug 22, 2011
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History of the phrase "for Mother Russia"
Aug 27, 2011
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History of the phrase "olden days"
Aug 17, 2011
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Why are you "reading" a particular subject at university?
Aug 25, 2011
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Does $\pi$ contain all possible number combinations?
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Find five positive integers whose reciprocals sum to $1$
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Are half of all numbers odd?
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Any open subset of $\Bbb R$ is a countable union of disjoint open intervals
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If $x$, $y$, $x+y$, and $x-y$ are prime numbers, what is their sum?

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