Linked Questions
12 questions linked to/from The problem with proof verification
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Are check my work question discouraged on this site?
Are check my work question discouraged on this site?
So here are two basically the same question with one asking to answer the problem and other to what went wrong with my approach.
What is wrong ...
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Why do users give answers using alternative method when I'm asking what went wrong with my solution?
I'll just put this out here. This is a sock my main account is Avnish Kabaj and user619072(now deleted sock).
I've asked a couple of questions as to why my method is wrong. For some reason, users ...
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1answer
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What causes one to lose reputation from a question
About a month ago, I posted a question on MSE. It got 3 upvotes and no downvotes, but today I lost 4 reputation for that question. The question is linked below:
Proof by showing equivalence of ...
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3answers
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Asking questions to add to the general knowledge pool
Recently, I've seen a few examples of users asking questions and answering their own questions as a way of adding to the question pool here on MSE.
The most recent example I've seen of this is the ...
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How to answer proof-verification questions?
Sometimes, proof-verification questions ask for verification of a valid and overall solid proof (some examples: What is the $\dim L(X,Y)$?, Prove $(\overline{A \cap B}) \subseteq \overline{A} \cap \...
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3answers
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How to make a question regarding proof verification more interesting and more attractive?
Since I self-study mathematical analysis without formal teacher, I can only appeal to help from out site most of the time. It's obvious that to grasp the underlying concepts in mathematics, we must ...
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Does the tag “proof-verification” really make sense?
Every time I see a question asking to verify a proof (usually some exercise), the tag is just not there. I often edit the question to add it but... does it really make sense to keep it?
Since every ...
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2answers
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Should we encourage proof verification questions to turn into self answered questions?
I am wondering about if it is generally good practice to encourage someone posting about verifying their own proof to instead format their post as a question where they also post an answer? I ...
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2answers
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Proof verification types of questions
Is asking proof verification questions frowned upon here -- especially if one keeps asking such a type of question?
My concerns stems from the fact if the proof is correct, users merely post "...
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3answers
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Proof Verification of Open Problems
Over the past few days, I've noticed several proof verification questions regarding open problems. On one, quid left the comment:
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it asks for ...
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3answers
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What is the usefulness of having “proof-verification” and “solution-verification” as different tags?
I know there is a topic about the solution-verification tag (vs proof-writing), but now we have the proof-verification tag which has affiliated 2452 questions, while "solution-verification" has only ...
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Proof-verification and duplicates.
When someone posts a question, which asks for verification of their proof of something, the mathematical content of that question will often be a duplicate of another question.
Now, in order to help ...