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request for a new tag [duplicate]
After reading the recent catenary question I realized there is no tag for "catenaries", despite it being a specific math topic with a lot of questions on here. If someone with enough ...
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Why does "Similar questions" rarely ever show similar questions?
While posting questions, I always make sure to write an appropriate title, explain it well, and format my questions clearly, and I always go through all the questions shown under 'Similar questions.' ...
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Should my comment have been deleted?
This MathSE posted question is excerpted below:
$$\int \frac{x+3}{x^2+5x+2}$$
besides going with imaginary numbers how should I proceed to solve this integral?
I was trying to factorize the ...
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What should I do if I am asked to close an old question that does not meet current standards?
I now realize that many of the closure proposals I was voting for are from posts that date back several years (in this case I received a report from someone who flagged a post from 2016 but I can't ...
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What is wrong with my question on the definition of tangent plane?
I asked this question yesterday, and edited it today to include clarification.
It is - I think - a fairly honest and straightforward question, and I have provided a detailed explanation of my thinking ...
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Several posts on the same topic in a short amount of time - check for suspicious activity
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I was wondering if there was a rule that prevented the same account from asking many similar questions (essentially the same type of problem but with different functions) in a short period of ...
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Writing answer on behalf of someone else
Assume a post on MSE is answered by someone in comment section and alternative approaches to solve the problem are not provided . There are two senarios:
First:
Nobody will convert that comment to an ...
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Listed unanswered question appearing as answer.
Answered or unanswered?
Please suggest what changes need be made to consider my answer as answered. Thanks
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Mathematical modelling of good forces and bad forces [closed]
In reference to this paper.
$A(t)$ : the accomplishment of a mission
$F(t$ : functionality defined as time derivative of $A$
$F_N$ : normal functionality $F(t_0) = F_N$
$M(t$) : bad forces degrading ...
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Why are fundamental questions dismissed on MSE?
I was not allowed to ask questions once before and followed the site recommendations of editing posts and answering questions to regain the right to ask questions, which I did regain successfully. ...
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Update the Help Center article on searching to mention the in:saves operator in place of the inbookmarks:mine operator
The Help Center article titled "How do I search?" needs to be updated to mention the in:saves operator in place of the deprecated ...
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I asked A question On MSE, Which I now think can receive more attention from MathOverflow
I recently asked a question On MSE, which was answered by one user, after I used bounty for first time. Later I re-bountied it for more clarification. Still I think it lacks more details, And can ...
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What happened to the Protect/Unprotect button?
I have noticed that the "Protect/Unprotect" button no longer exists where I was used to see it. Has this functionality been eliminated (site-wide or network-wide)?
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Mathoverflow links
Sometimes, I would like to reference a link from MO and it would be helpful if it got immediately turned into the title without having to type it and then include the hyperlink i.e.
https://...
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What to do when there is a minor but crucial typo in a post, where fixing it is too short for an edit suggestion?
What should I do when there is a minor but crucial typo in a post (perhaps of literally one character) that is otherwise perfect?
Occasionally I come across a question or answer that is perfect other ...
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Double column when editing a post
I'm still not clear on the use of this part of Stack Exchange but since there is the "feature-request" tag I think this is the right place to ask this question (which is actually not a ...
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What can I do if someone gives me an answer that seems correct but is wrong?
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A while ago I posted a question on the math section of StackExchange.
A user gave me an answer that, seen without attention, seemed both well written and with correct reasoning behind it (in ...
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Why was my question down voted and deleted, even though I mentioned my level (learning on my own in the Internet) and showed source and my reasoning?
I have a question about my Mathematics Stack Exchange post: Can a residue class $(a \textrm{ mod } n)$ have a negative $n$?
My question is: could someone provide me feedback on why this question was ...
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Why do I get a down vote when asking for clarification about notations and explanations about proofs?
Recently in some of my posts, also here, and here, I have been getting down votes. The latter two, others have voted back up to make it zero. I am just wondering if people on MSE don't like questions ...
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MathJax doesn't work anymore in questions
Only very recently, I noticed that MathJax does not work correctly in questions.
For instance, set brackets are not displayed any more:
$\{1 \}$
If I post the same as an answer, it works correctly.
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Posting a solution from elsewhere and asking whether it's correct
I have seen postings on math.stackexchange starting "I found this solution somewhere on the internet to [problem x.y in textbook]" (often without information about where they found it, just ...
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How do I get unblocked from answering questions? [duplicate]
I was blocked from answering questions and am wondering if and how I can get unblocked. If anybody knows how to do that please tell me.
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Someone's answer is completely copied and pasted from my answer, and their answer got accepted.
Someone's answer to a question is completely copied and pasted from my answer (except they didn't use Mathjax), and their answer got accepted. I don't mind, but I just think it's strange behavior, for ...
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How to write preformatted texts in comments?
When I want to submit a comment to say the right $\LaTeX$ code for something, for example,
You should use \mathbb{C} for $\mathbb{C}$.
how can I write the "<...
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What question (or answer) of your own are you most proud of on MathSE? [closed]
I'm sure many of them will go over my head but have you posted a question or answer on MathSE that you were really proud of, and if so what was it?
I recently just had my first question that, and I ...
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Should I leave my question open?
I have a question posted here which is relatively unanswered. It's understandable as I have really been trying to figure out a way to phrase a question in a subject area I know next to nothing about.
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Clarification on Including Solution Attempts in Questions
I have a question regarding the guidelines for providing context in questions. Specifically, I'd like clarification on whether mentioning solution attempts (no complete step by step solution) falls ...
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You have a history of asking low quality questions [duplicate]
I asked a question yesterday it was this. But now when I am asking a question now it says an error that I have a history of asking low quality questions and I am now allowed to ask question only once ...
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Addressing Questions with Zero Effort and Detachment from Mathematics: Community Guidelines
I've noticed an increase in questions where the OP claims to have been detached from mathematics for a long time and provides zero effort in their question, here is an example. How should our ...
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How to draw Venn Diagrams in Math Stack Exchange?
How to draw Venn Diagrams in MSE using MathJax? Please help me out.
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No community promotion ads any longer?
It seems there is no community promotion ads from 2021, so our community won't have that any longer? Different from some irrelevant commercial ads from the SE network, I in fact would like to see some ...
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How can I improve my question on the factorial formula?
I thought I asked a decent question but it has been downvoted. I don't know how I can improve it. Please provide suggestions.
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Is this number-of-subsets question appropriately structured for Math.SE?
This question has apparently been kicking around for about a week now. While the core content is interesting, at this point it seems to be mostly an opportunity for the poster to go on at length about ...
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Isn't this question opinion-based?
I saw this question. But I'm surprised to see it's not closed for being opinion-based. It looks like a poll actually. It doesn't cope with math itself.
There can even be 1000 answers and each answerer ...
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Common mix up between tags [homotopy-theory] and [homotopy-type-theory]
I have noticed a very common missuse of tags: the tag [homotopy-type-theory] is frequently used where the tag [homotopy-theory] should be used instead. Just in the last few questions, two questions (...
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Is it possible to recover/archive some of the comments?
This is about the comment area of The continuity of $g\circ h$ and $h$, and $h$ surjective, imply the continuity of $g$?
As a not-very-obvious question, many lovely commenters leaves a lot of ideas ...
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What should I do with my downvoted duplicate post?
My post has been downvoted, and I'm not sure what the appropriate action is for me to take.
On the one hand, there's contribution from other users so the post can't and shouldn't be deleted.
On the ...
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How to write limits with single dollar signs?
When I want to write limits with single dollar signs the index ($x\to n$) goes after the $\lim$ sign:
$L=\lim_{x\to 0}f(x)$
But when using double dollar signs the index (correctly) goes below the ...
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Proposal for an informal "side room" for the StackExchange Mathematics forum
I would like to propose an informal side room the mathematics forum maybe called "Mathematics_SideRoom" or "Mathematics_Informal" or "Mathematics_Opinion" or "...
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Yearling badge was not awarded?
This is my first post on Meta and my second interaction ever, but on the main site I have been somewhat active for a full year now. I love this site, so many insightful answers and intriguing ...
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What is this font for the numbers?
I recently commented on a question and I used the proper MathJax formatting for the numbers and letters:
Some minutes later my net became a little laggy and I refreshed the page. Then I lost my ...
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What can we do to deny bot-users a platform for their content?
I hardly ever visit Meta so forgive me if this has been addressed already. I just wanted to flag an issue:
The user Statistics Tutorial is a bot. So far I have deleted, along with other community ...
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The links on the "How can I format mathematics here" page are broken
On the page https://math.stackexchange.com/help/notation, there are two links:
https://meta.math.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/tex-latex-mathjax-basic-tutorial-and-quick-reference
https://meta.math....
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How can we draw kernel diagram in the Math Stackexchange?
I don't know I can ask this kind of question here. Anyway, I propose a question.
How can we draw next type commutative diagram
? My scope of ability of drawing commutative diagram is for example as ...
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\{, \}, \| and \\ need an extra backslash to be rendered correctly in math when composing a new question in MSE.
When composing a new question iver in math.stackexchange, some symbols need an extra \ (backslash) to be rendered correctly:
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Math Stackexchange vs CrossValidated
I know that the website for statistics and machine learing related questions is Cross Validated. And there is a separate website for Data Science.
However, questions in the past on statistics that I ...
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How to search MSE for a formula? [duplicate]
I don't know how to search a formula in Math.SE. For example last time I asked a question about $\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\left(n \ln \frac{2 n+1}{2 n-1}-1\right)$; but this question has been closed since ...
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Stack exchange goes to different question than in URL
When I type in https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/47 into safari/chrome, checking its suggestions did not replace the URL, stack exchange goes instead to Can you recommend a decent online or ...
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Is it a bug that post score differ in user's page and post page?
I noticed this in a user's page (the top post has a 28 score):
But in the post page it has a score of 27.
Of course, before I up-voted it, the score was still 28 in the user's page.
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What types of mathematical writing questions are suitable for Mathematics Stack Exchange?
I find it quite strange that every time I discuss mathematical writing, some people suggest closing the topic.
For example:
Does 'hence' (thus, therefore) need a comma after it?
How to avoid ...
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