Timeline for Questions about applied mathematics
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| Jan 9, 2014 at 17:19 | comment | added | Gil Kalai | Hi Todd, The constraints for questions in applied mathematics (and questions on applications of mathematics in other areas) are just like the constraints in pure mathematics: The question should be of interest to research-level mathematicians, of sufficient academic level, and satisfy our other requirements. | |
| Jan 8, 2014 at 18:19 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | (Cont.) Should such modeling considerations, far beyond the scope of the usual knowledge of mathematicians, be allowed to enter discussions? My feeling is that such matters would prove rather distracting, as well as difficult for the community to evaluate, and that we get into slippery slope territory. So personally I'd want to pretty much constrain discussions to their specifically mathematical cores. (Feel free to add to your answer to elucidate your beliefs on such matters.) | |
| Jan 8, 2014 at 18:15 | comment | added | Todd Trimble Mod | Thanks, Gil. What constraints, if any, do you think there should be for applied mathematics questions to be suitable for MO? François and Dirk have already listed some considerations which appear rational to me, having to do with a desire to maintain focused questions. I'd add this: my impression is that a successful mathematical modeling often requires a certain extra-mathematical expertise; for example, one might have to acquire detailed knowledge about and visualize exactly what happens when X rays hit DNA and how DNA repairs itself, before developing a viable statistical analysis. (Cont.) | |
| Jan 8, 2014 at 12:18 | comment | added | user9072 | I partly agree. The question in question seems a lot better to me than various other questions of this general type we saw (I would not call it excellent though). I think an unfortuante phrasing at the start gave it an unintended and unfortunate spin (Theo Johnson-Freyd pointed this out on main). | |
| Jan 8, 2014 at 8:40 | history | edited | Gil Kalai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 8, 2014 at 8:30 | history | answered | Gil Kalai | CC BY-SA 3.0 |