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- Calculus 1 by Jacob Shapiro [pdf] https://web.math.princeton.edu/~js129/PDFs/teaching/calc1_spring_2019/LectureNotes.pdf 0 comments
- Terry Tao's generals (2012) https://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/tao_terence 138 comments
- Is There a Curse of the Fields Medal? [pdf] https://web.math.princeton.edu/~kollar/FromMyHomePage/fm-essay.pdf 24 comments
- A Theory of Universal Learning [pdf] https://web.math.princeton.edu/~rvan/tri201106.pdf 3 comments
- Confessions of an Apostate Mathematician [pdf] https://web.math.princeton.edu/~nelson/papers/rome.pdf 6 comments
- Terence Tao's Raw Notes After His Princeton Comprehensive Exams (1999) https://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/tao_terence 89 comments
- What was your PHD qualifying exam like? https://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/tao_terence 62 comments math
- Anecdote about Mochizuki from Princeton generals. http://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/ 33 comments math
- Is there a curse of the Fields medal? https://web.math.princeton.edu/~kollar/frommyhomepage/fm-essay.pdf 9 comments math
- Princeton’s “Graduate Guide to Generals” - transcribed recollections of the Princeton Math General Examinations of former Princeton graduate students (includes Terence Tao’s generals) https://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/ 13 comments math
- People rarely discuss HOW mathematical research is done. This article tells the story of the strong perfect graph conjecture, including missteps, intuitions, scooping, breakthroughs, abandoned definitions, and loose ends. If you want to know what it's like to do research in mathematics, check it out https://web.math.princeton.edu/~pds/papers/howtheperfect/howtheperfect.pdf 27 comments math
- Princeton's "Graduate Students' Guide to Generals" - a collection of summaries of what their generals were like/about http://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/ 14 comments math
- "Confessions of an Apostate Mathematician" http://web.math.princeton.edu/~nelson/papers/rome.pdf 13 comments math
- A nice view into the mind of a research mathematician https://web.math.princeton.edu/~pds/papers/howtheperfect/howtheperfect.pdf 9 comments math
- Terry Tao's generals http://web.math.princeton.edu/generals/tao_terence 10 comments math
- A guideline toward the study of Algebraic Number Theory. https://web.math.princeton.edu/~spruth/learning.pdf 7 comments math