Questions tagged [support]
A request for assistance with one of the site's features.
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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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Sandbox for drafts of long, complex posts
This sandbox is intended for saving drafts of long, complex posts, especially posts whose composition takes a long time. It serves to localize to one thread the front-page "bumps" caused by edits to ...
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Matrices not rendering correctly
I'm trying to write out a matrix equation, but the matrices aren't rendering correctly. I checked it in overleaf and it's formatted correctly there but for some reason it's not doing so here. I even ...
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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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Is it possible to have conjunction of certain "favorite tags"?
In a related post, it was suggested that I answer homework questions. However, there are still certain subjects I don't have a strong understanding of. And so I would like to know if it was possible ...
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Formatting Sandbox
Basically the same as Formatting Sandbox in Meta Stack Exchange, but since this and Statistical Analysis are the only two sites (I know) supporting $\TeX$ formatting, I believe we also need one here ...
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How can I resume asking questions on MSE? [duplicate]
I was banned from asking questions in MSE because of poor rated questions or closure and deletion of questions. For this, I read The MSE meta Questions related to this topic(specifically this I have ...
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How could I continue asking questions on Mathematics Stack Exchange? [duplicate]
I asked seven questions during two and and a half years of my account on Mathematics Stack Exchange. Before I raised each of them, I was researching the topic for tens or even for hundreds of hours. ...
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Mathjax integrals displaying incorrectly
On my display the integral display too small and too far down. I see this on every integral displayed on the site.
$$ \int f(x) dx $$
which is rendered to
$$ \int ...
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Is asking to verify my P=NP proof appropriate? [closed]
Is providing link to my (8 pages) proof of P=NP and asking to check my proof appropriate for a math.SE question?
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Can I retract a flag on a deleted post?
I flagged a GPT answer for moderator attention on June 21st; I don't think I knew about the moderation strike at the time. This answer has since been deleted, but the flag still registers as pending. ...
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Sorting answers by last modified date gives peculiar results
I was looking at this question on Maths Meta. There are four answers and I have them sorted by Date Modified (Newest First).
Listed below are the created and last modified dates of the four answers in ...
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How to copy mixture of text and latex formulas in a comment?
Okay, I might sound lazy. When trying to copy mixture of text and latex formulas in an answer, it is always easy. I can simply click "edit" and copy the source. But when trying to do the same in a ...
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Changing font size in stack overflow?
Is there a way to make a selected text bigger/smaller? And which is the best?
Edit:
Why so many downvotes? At least leave a comment for this reaction...
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Font size in new theme?
Is there something funny about font size in the new "theme", or is it a problem at my end or what?
These days when I write/edit a post the preview looks the same as always. Then when I "save edit" ...
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Defining New Commands Renders As Empty Space
How do I define new commands at the top without creating multiple spaces before the first character?
Also, is it just my browser, or is the rendering engine on StackExchange much slower than on ...
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How to write letters with a slash on it?
How do I write letters like the following in mathjax?
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I asked a question, realized it had a glitch that would take time to fix so I deleted it, now I want to fix it but I can't find it
Is there any way to retrieve the deleted question? Or did I just do something really stupid.
I was hoping to edit the question to fix it before undeleting it.
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Is there a way to undo a migration?
"This question Estimating the most abundant isotopomer of an isotopic distribution was migrated to Cross Validated because it can be answered by people interested in statistics, machine learning, ...
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I wrote an answer to my own question but it got deleted because someone didn't understand my question
Yesterday I asked a question which was quite open ended and lacked direction because I wasn't sure exactly what I was asking. I put some examples and very general statements to try to account for my ...
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Having trouble formatting quotations that have $\pu{1.0 Kg}$ as an example or just going to the next line also
I was encountering a formatting issue when writing one of my articles here that I will try to reproduce and summarize here:
When I quote text and I want to embed units, I have formatting issues, ...
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Should I delete a closed question with answer?
I have a post: Why is a certain subset not a subspace of $\mathbb{K}_2$?, where it got closed and received downvotes but I have an answer in the post. So, should I delete such post or make the answer ...
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Is it possible to not accept a badge?
I'm close to meeting a certain goal that will award me a gold badge. Meeting such goal is out of my control (think of badges awarded when getting a certain number of upvotes or saves).
I'd prefer not ...
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Mathjax is corrupted when I post an answer. [closed]
I have noticed problems when posting on Math StackExchange recently. Mathjax, whether posted by me or by others comes out garbled. Usually, all is well when I refresh the download. Most recently, ...
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Did the avatars change recently?
The question is in title.
My wife notice that my avatar changed from the last time she saw it. Being blind, I did not pay attention to this.
Now, it is very pale yellow. Is there a way to restore it ...
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Why using \mathcal command produce a square? [duplicate]
My computer is a MacBook Pro, using the 13.0 version (Ventura), and I'm using Chrome. See for example
or that
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How did I pass this "test" in the "First questions" review queue when there was no way I passed it?
So I was on the Stack Exchange today when I looked at my review queues and saw that I had a notification for the "First questions" queue, and when I click on it, I get this question to ...
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What's wrong with my 'Curious' badge? [duplicate]
A partial screenshot of my MSE profile is as follows:
As one can see, I have already fulfilled the threshold to be awarded the 'Curious' badge, but it was never awarded to me. What's going on? Please ...
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Is there a limit to how many Q/A could be deleted safely?
I have recently learnt that deleting questions is not the correct way to improve our bad quality Q/A. For example on an SE site, If someone had low reputation and asked some bad quality question and ...
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Useless question should be deleted?
I have asked a question and it has turned out to be useless. I misunderstood the statement of a theorem and that is why my doubt was absurd.
The question does not contribute anything and the ...
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I have written a wrong answer and have no means to correct it. What should I do?
I wrote an answer but later found that the method used was wrong. Moreover, other answers have already covered other methods and I can't think of a new answer (which could have been used to edit) . ...
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Questions with favourite tag no longer displayed
The questions tagged (algebraic geometry) are no longer displayed in blue on my screen, although that tag is among my favourite tags.
I tried (through the edit) to suppress that tag from my ...
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Is there a way to remove questions closed from my feed?
On the front page of MSE, I often see a large number of closed questions. Is there a way to make the front page show only questions which are still open?
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What does the "close" suggestions by 2k-3k users in the low quality review queue mean?
I was drawn to this LQ review queue
https://math.stackexchange.com/review/low-quality-posts/1944174
where 7 reviewers chose the option "close", while 3 others chose "looks ok". The ...
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Why does this suggested edit not show any tag changes I made?
A couple of days ago, I suggested an edit which was rejected, the reason being
This edit introduces tags that do not help to define the topic of the question. Tags should help to describe what the ...
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Can we put some paragraphs inside a box?
I have some paragraphs, for example,
For inline formulas, enclose the formula in $…$. For displayed formulas, use ...
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Column Wise Operators Usage [closed]
I have been looking for a latex feature which can show operations in a columnwise fashion.
For example:-
If I would want to show $19 * 5$ to a $1$st grader, I would love to show it like this :-
$1 9$
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Newest unanswered questions with my tags
Is there a way (or can I suggest making this possible) to show questions with "my tags" sorted in order of newest to oldest... instead of most votes to least votes?
The reason I ask is that it seems ...
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Why is the answer not accepted?
I was trying to understand if it was true for the Dowker notation that every crossing gets an even and an odd number. The question was asked by somebody else. I think the answer is satisfactory but it ...
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MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference
(Deutsch: MathJax: LaTeX Basic Tutorial und Referenz)
To see how any formula was written in any question or answer, including this one, right-click on the expression and choose "Show Math As > ...
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Why is the tag (triangle) listed among the new tags?
When I look at the list of the newly created tags on Mathematics Stack Exchange, the tag triangle is listed there.
This seems a bit unusual, because this tag is a synonym of the tag triangles and the ...
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Piecewise Equation Formatting Issue in MathJax Preview
I am composing a question involving piecewise polynomial equations, but the preview formatting isn't coming out how I expect. Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?
The notation I'm using:
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Finding my upvotes or downvotes that are questions (or answers)
Just as by entering the command
deleted:1 is:a
deleted:2 is:q
yields one's postings (answers or questions) that had been deleted, is there a similar way (command) to quickly list one's votes (...
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Do we really need time limit on editing comments [duplicate]
I find time limit on editing comments annoying and doubt that it is needed at all. My problem is typos that I can't fix if I noticed them too late. If my comment is not answered I post the corrected ...
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How to ask a good question.
How to ask a good question.
This thread has advice on the following aspects of writing a good question on this site. Each item in this list links to an answer below about that specific aspect of ...
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Visual effect of formulas in mac [duplicate]
As can be seen, some parts of the formulas overlap with each other in mac. So the visual effect is not really satisfying. How can I solve this problem?
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Guidelines for context edits and rewrites
Suppose you come across a question that has been closed for lack of context, has high quality answers, and on its way to being deleted. Can you save the post by editing it to include more context?
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Colouring text and having it formatted
I tried the following, but it loses all formatting when creating a question in mathematics. Is there a way to specify coloured text which retains some form of formatting ?
$\color{blue}{\text{So the ...
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Format conversion problem For mathjax
Take the code “[{f_i} = {x_i}\left[ {{c_i} + \ln \left( {\frac{{{x_i}}}{{\bar x}}} \right)} \right]]” for example，I could get the proper formula displayed on the official website of "https://www....
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Standard response to "homework" questions [duplicate]
Does there exist a boilerplate response to comment on questions that consists of a problem with no effort at a solution (as might be posed by a student posting a problem from a problem set)?
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