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Beautifully irrational

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Would such a "big list" on known bounds for distances between $2^S-3^N$ be appropriate for MO?

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Gottfried Helms

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Is there a database to search for recent Mathematics literature (in particular Statistics and Computational Fluid Mechanics)? [closed]

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Gerry

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modified Aug 16 at 6:45

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Should moderators in some cases remove a question from the network-wide hot questions list?

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Timothy Chow

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modified Aug 8 at 2:27

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Is there a way to `@` exactly one of two users whose names differ, if at all, only by whitespace?

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Justin

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modified Aug 5 at 16:46

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When, precisely, should history of math questions be CW?

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CommunityBot

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modified Aug 4 at 6:05

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Best of MathOverflow, or papers inspired by MathOverflow

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Timothy Chow

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Asaf KaragilaMod

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modified Aug 2 at 13:21

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What about talking about life? How to work, manage, organize, and so forth?

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ankur kumar

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modified Aug 2 at 11:40

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Occasionally reproducible bug with macro definitions in a draft post affecting macro use in comments

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LSpice

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modified Aug 1 at 22:13

6 votes

4 answers

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Formatting Sandbox

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LSpice

8,059

modified Aug 1 at 20:52

4 votes

1 answer

186 views

Hyperlink in a comment?

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified Jul 27 at 9:12

14 votes

4 answers

800 views

Hiding reputation

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The Amplitwist

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answered Jul 27 at 7:28

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Planar geometry on MO

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Veronica Phan

845

modified Jul 26 at 23:15

11 votes

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To which extent should spam posts on meta be considered a problem?

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Martin Sleziak

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modified Jul 21 at 12:52

7 votes

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Comment / Down-vote / Vote to close -- in what order, with what delay?

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james joseph

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modified Jul 18 at 7:46

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Is asking for good review papers a good question?

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Machany Justin

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modified Jul 15 at 3:45

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Why is there unexpected space at the beginning of a paragraph in an answer?

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Dmitri Pavlov

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answered Jul 14 at 20:05

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Is it possible to see the source for a comment?

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified Jul 13 at 11:39

14 votes

2 answers

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Revamping the closure reasons in 2022

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Tim CampionMod

50.6k

modified Jul 11 at 18:59

8 votes

2 answers

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Are there policies to respect in order for MathOverflow Q&As to be tracked back in relevant zbMATH Open reviews?

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Machany Justin

1

modified Jul 11 at 9:12

12 votes

2 answers

523 views

Questions about correctness of published papers

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Kostya_I

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answered Jul 8 at 22:14

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Local vs. Global MO in relation to "Polymath" efforts

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified Jul 7 at 12:06

54 votes

39 answers

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News of potential interest to the MO community

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David Roberts

31.3k

modified Jul 6 at 23:08

1 vote

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Icons for MO/metaMO in community list changed?

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David Roberts

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modified Jun 29 at 3:30

5 votes

1 answer

136 views

Serial voting was reversed

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Glorfindel

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modified Jun 27 at 18:23

12 votes

1 answer

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Was the custom close reason mentioning Math.SE removed?

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Tim CampionMod

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answered Jun 27 at 14:59

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4 answers

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Should there be any concern about the number of questions imported into PhysicsOverflow?

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aditya kumar Singh

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modified Jun 27 at 6:40

26 votes

5 answers

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Updated: Is it time to replace links to the UCDavis arXiv frontend?

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SlateStaffMod

101

modified Jun 23 at 16:12

19 votes

2 answers

870 views

Can (and should) Project Euclid links be replaced in bulk?

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SlateStaffMod

101

modified Jun 23 at 16:04

4 votes

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Can we recover old MathOverflow Meta "Tea" discussions?

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified Jun 21 at 6:42

8 votes

1 answer

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When answers are primarily opinion based, should the question be CW?

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David White

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answered Jun 21 at 6:13

11 votes

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Keeping a question on track or allowing people to chime in with stuff they'd like to mention?

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Yemon Choi

24k

asked Jun 9 at 4:11

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Why are some non-research questions so highly upvoted?

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified Jun 8 at 10:29

11 votes

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256 views

New community close vote reason

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Alec Rhea

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asked Jun 7 at 18:03

8 votes

2 answers

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Flagging Low Quality Questions

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YCor

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modified May 29 at 12:43

6 votes

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Citing papers in questions/answers

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified May 26 at 17:49

22 votes

5 answers

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How should we react to the existence of Math Educators SE?

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Martin Sleziak

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modified May 25 at 13:01

31 votes

10 answers

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What MO is for and what is your aim in participation?

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Alexandre Eremenko

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modified May 24 at 23:02

16 votes

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Recurrent posting about «Matrix polynomials» and so on

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CommunityBot

1

modified May 20 at 11:10

7 votes

1 answer

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How to make it easier to moderate blatantly off-topic questions?

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Steven Landsburg

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answered May 19 at 1:04

5 votes

6 answers

559 views

I have a question which is a near fit for MathOverflow. What are some other resources I might consult?

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified May 18 at 6:39

3 votes

3 answers

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Has MO traffic decreased a bit since the invasion of Ukraine?

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified May 15 at 11:36

1 vote

1 answer

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Downvote and vote to close of a recent question

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Stefan KohlMod

18.2k

answered May 11 at 15:37

9 votes

1 answer

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Editing old question, can't submit as title is too long

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Martin Sleziak

4,515

modified May 11 at 13:43

11 votes

1 answer

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Could we add another reason for closing that's more appropriate for "check this (dis)proof of RH"-type questions?

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Tim CampionMod

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modified May 6 at 18:18

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Revising the help page on "What topics can I ask around here?"

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Tim CampionMod

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answered May 6 at 15:53

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