Use this tag when examining what is on- or off-topic, and why.
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Can I ask a question about limits?
I had a test in calculus and I passed but with a really bad grade, mostly because I didn't know all the ways of calculating a limit.
Can I ask : What are all the ways of calculating a limit of a ...
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Self answered questions as examples
At times, my learning parters at the university have a hard time solving certain problems.
Is it legitimate to post a self answered question, to help them, and at the same time, help others with an ...
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Possible soft education question? Where can you REALLY teach mathematics?
I asked soft questions that aren't really about the study of mathematics as a discipline, but were nonetheless welcomed
Soft question about need for math majors
The odds of studying versus applying ...
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Pattern Recognition Questions
Is the http://math.stackexchange.com/ website appropiate for asking pattern recognition related questions?
If not, which one on stack-exchange?
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Question about school math as elective or extra-curricular
Would the following question be on or off-topic for MSE?
I attended 4 middle schools and 3 high schools in the U.S, and I am considering teaching math. Nowhere have I seen where the "math club" ...
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Are questions related to using wolfram alpha on topic?
Is asking how to use wolfram alpha to solve an abstract algebra question on topic here?
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Are questions about maths bookstores accepted here?
Yesterday I was thinking about making a question about bookstores that sells mathematics books, ship internationally and accept PayPal. Is such a question acceptable here?
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Can I request a check for my work? [duplicate]
I want to be sure some of my answers for some exercises are correct. Simply, I want to learn that can I post them and request a check at Mathematics SE?
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Is research in mathematics education on topic here?
This question: How to Garner Mathematical Intuition is (from what I understand) about how to "teach intuition". The question does seem to be off topic because it opens up to opinion based answers.
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Large number of self-answered questions permissible?
I have some free time over the next month, and I was thinking of reviewing some material on Hilbert spaces and eventually learning about the associated spectral theory. (I never got to this when I ...
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soft-question about textbooks, exercises, and solutions?
I am not sure whether the following would be an acceptable soft-question, needs rewording, or should go to another site.
Most mathematics and computer science textbooks I read have exercises for the ...
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Is it appropriate to ask a question regarding how and which software I would need to use to perform a specific task?
I am curious as to whether I would be downvoted for asking the following question:
What software(s) would I need and how would I have to use them to create a box plot for data for which I only ...
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Questions posed out of curiosity, or out of stupidity
Where should I put questions asked purely out of curiosity, do they go in Meta, or in MSE proper? I'm talking about the type of questions having absolutely no bearing (sp?) on one's work, and which ...
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little doubts in proofs
I'm studying a book of commutative algebra that I'm having some troubles with. I realized in the chapter I'm reading that I have some doubts in the proofs. I've already asked two of these ones, but I ...
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Can I have a discussion over a problem not posted on Math.SE?
I have written up a small idea which I would like to post on Vixra (or some other site just so I can make it official I came up with it) but I am interested in having some discussion over what I have ...
