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Neil Strickland
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Here is a suggestion for a rather different approach (either in the "What topics" page or the modal window):

  • If you can find 10 questions on mathoverflow.net where you are confident that you understand both the question and the accepted answer, then you can assume that you are in the target audience for the site. If you ask questions at the same sort of level, then they will usually be considered on-topic (but you should check more specific criteria on some other page).
  • If you cannot find 10 questions where you are confident that you understand both the question and the accepted answer, then you are probably not in the target audience, and questions that you ask here are likely to be closed without being answered. It may be better for you to ask your question at math.stackexchange.com (but you should read the advice at https://math.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic first).

Here is a suggestion for a rather different approach:

  • If you can find 10 questions on mathoverflow.net where you are confident that you understand both the question and the accepted answer, then you can assume that you are in the target audience for the site. If you ask questions at the same sort of level, then they will usually be considered on-topic.
  • If you cannot find 10 questions where you are confident that you understand both the question and the accepted answer, then you are probably not in the target audience, and questions that you ask here are likely to be closed without being answered. It may be better for you to ask your question at math.stackexchange.com (but you should read the advice at https://math.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic first).

Here is a suggestion for a rather different approach (either in the "What topics" page or the modal window):

  • If you can find 10 questions on mathoverflow.net where you are confident that you understand both the question and the accepted answer, then you can assume that you are in the target audience for the site. If you ask questions at the same sort of level, then they will usually be considered on-topic (but you should check more specific criteria on some other page).
  • If you cannot find 10 questions where you are confident that you understand both the question and the accepted answer, then you are probably not in the target audience, and questions that you ask here are likely to be closed without being answered. It may be better for you to ask your question at math.stackexchange.com (but you should read the advice at https://math.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic first).
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Neil Strickland
Neil Strickland
  • 56.9k
  • 2
  • 29
  • 32

Here is a suggestion for a rather different approach:

  • If you can find 10 questions on mathoverflow.net where you are confident that you understand both the question and the accepted answer, then you can assume that you are in the target audience for the site. If you ask questions at the same sort of level, then they will usually be considered on-topic.
  • If you cannot find 10 questions where you are confident that you understand both the question and the accepted answer, then you are probably not in the target audience, and questions that you ask here are likely to be closed without being answered. It may be better for you to ask your question at math.stackexchange.com (but you should read the advice at https://math.stackexchange.com/help/on-topic first).