I’m looking for M, N, and O topics for the All 2020 A-to-Z

I have reached the halfway point in this year’s A-to-Z! Not in the number of essays written — this week I should hit the 10th — but in preparing for topics? We are almost halfway done.

So for this, as with any A-to-Z essay, I’d like to know some mathematical term starting with the letters M, N, or O that you would like to see me write about. While I reserve the right to talk about anything I do care, I usually will pick the nominated topic I think I can be most interesting about. Or that I want to hurriedly learn something about. Please put in a comment with whatever you’d like me to discuss. And, please, if you do suggest something let me know how to credit you, and of any project that you do that I can mention. This project may be a way for me to show off, but I’d like everybody to have a bit more attention.

Topics I’ve already covered, starting with the letter ‘M’, are:

• Measure (2015)
• Matrix (Leap Day 2016)
• Monster Group (End 2016)
• Morse Theory (2017)
• Manifold (2018)
• Martingales (2019)

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Topics I’ve already covered, starting with the letter ‘N’, are:

• N-tuple (2015)
• Normal Subgroup (Leap Day 2016)
• Normal Numbers (End 2016)
• N-Sphere/N-Ball (2017)
• Nearest-Neighbor Model (2018)
• Norm (2019)

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Topics I’ve already covered, starting with the letter ‘O’, are:

• Orthogonal (2015)
• Orthonormal (Leap Day 2016)
• Osculating Circle (End 2016)
• Open Set (2017)
• Oriented Graph (2018)
• Operator (2019)

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Thank you all for what you nominate. Also for thinking about nominations; I appreciate the work you do for me.

All of this year’s A-to-Z essays should be at this link. And all of the A-to-Z essays, from all years, should be at this link. Thanks for reading.

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