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MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference
To see how any of the formulas were made in any question or answer, including this one, use the "edit" link to view the complete source. To quickly see the source of a single expression, right-click ...
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Congratulations, Brian M. Scott!
Congratulations on reaching 100k reputation! We all appreciate the quality (and quantity) of your posts on Math.SE.
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Congratulations, Arturo!
I think congratulations are due to Arturo Magidin on hitting 100k reputation points here on MSE! All the users of this site are better off for his tireless contributions, and we appreciate his ...
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TeX math markup is sorely needed
This site is going to need TeX markup to express mathematical symbols and formulas well.
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Congratulations, Qiaochu!
The 100k club (or "100k-club", if you care about hyphens) has increased in size again!
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1answer
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Congratulations, André!
Since yesterday, the number of 100k+ users on MSE has doubled, courtesy of André Nicolas.
I think congratulations are in order!
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Differences between mathoverflow and math.stackexchange.
What are the differences between MathOverflow.net and Math.stackexchange.com?
Why two communities for Mathematics? Wasn't one enough?
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My letter of resignation
I have just submitted my resignation as a moderator on this website
to Jeff Atwood. I would like to use this thread to explain my reasons.
When I make a significant time commitment to a given ...
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I am resigning as moderator
I don't want to give a big speech about this. In short, moderating is draining my emotional energy and I'm much less convinced of its value than I used to be.
Edit: Thanks for the warm comments! ...
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The unilateral removal of comments by Jeff Atwood
Initially, I was going to write this as a response to this discussion. It seems, however, a larger issue, which I think merits a separate thread, perhaps a sequel to this one. For people who have not ...
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List of Generalizations of Common Questions
Bill Dubuque raised an excellent point here: Coping with *abstract* duplicate questions.
I suggest we use this question as a list of the generalized questions we create.
I suggest we categorize ...
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A Graph Map of Math.SE
I've just made a map of tags for Math.SE. (And to some degree - a greatly simplified map of mathematics.)
In short: tag size is related to tag popularity (caveat: see below) and edges are related to ...
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How to ask a homework question?
How to ask a homework question?
Can I ask a homework question here?
How do I ask a homework question on this website?
What information should I include in a question about homework?
Why don't you ...
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Vote early, vote often
I would like to echo a post that Scott Morrison made on Tex.SE. I think this is definitely something we are experiencing here on Math.SE. A link to the post here, and the text of the post:
"I'm a ...
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discrepancies between skills and ambitions
This is something I've been wondering about for a while now. I hope I don't offend anyone with this question; but in addition to satisfying my personal curiosity, perhaps an answer to this question ...
