For questions about built-in search functionality of this site and about searching this site using external search engines.
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4answers
169 views
Question's body is not abbreviated in search view
I searched for questions on perfect numbers. Most of the questions are abbreviated, but it looks like Tharsis found a workaround:
What's going on here?
4
votes
1answer
37 views
Search for a specific phrase only in the content and titles of Questions?
I would like to search:
only by the content and title of Questions
which contain the phrase "exactly two"
and which are marked with the [logic] tag.
Thus, I typed into the Search function ...
3
votes
1answer
49 views
Searching for images is buggy
The Advanced Search Options say we could use
url "*.example.com"
Further the tooltip says: "Find images and links in posts". But when I do the search, I get only 284 results. When I search for ...
3
votes
1answer
61 views
User not displayed in search
When I search for Robert Bryant under users I only see users 84371. Yet account 10727 seems to belong to him also, but this is not displayed in the search results. Is that a bug?
1
vote
1answer
32 views
Searching questions by number of views
There is a way to see the most viewed/upvoted questions on the site:
Most upvoted and viewed questions
However, what if we on the other hand wanted to find the "bottom sludge" of all the questions; ...
8
votes
1answer
139 views
the relationship between the tags
If a person is only interested in number theory, then he/she would just want to access only a few tags, such as number theory, elementary number theory, diophantine equation, etc. But if we select ...
15
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0answers
166 views
How to search for a formula/expression
Suppose I want to search for instances where an expression similar to $x_n^2-x_{n-1}x_{n+1}$ shows up. How would I do that?
I suppose the question goes beyond searching MSE. Are there search engines ...
1
vote
3answers
86 views
Lost question - how can I find it again?
A long time ago, I asked a question to the effect of:
If choice fails, can the cardinal numbers still be totally
ordered?
Or something like that. Anyway, as I recall, Asaf Karagila gave a ...
10
votes
1answer
352 views
Does $\LaTeX{}$ affect google search?
I was just wondering, do LaTeX in titles or the body of questions affect if they show up in google search?
3
votes
2answers
125 views
How to search for a comment left by a particular user on my post?
What is the efficient way to search for a comment left by a particular user on my post? I can go back into my activity/comments in my profile page and dig it up. But this comment was left by a user ...
4
votes
1answer
82 views
Is it possible to “OR” search criteria?
Is there a way to specify a search whose results list is the union of two other searches?
5
votes
2answers
101 views
What is the efficient way to search post with pictures/images?
I have answered quite a few posts with pictures/images. Is there a way to search MSE so that it lists all my posts, where I have used an image/picture?
2
votes
0answers
80 views
Searching for a question
I entered the following into the search box and came up empty: \lim_{n\to\infty}(1+\frac xn)^n
I'd like to know whether someone has posted this question: How does one prove that
$$
...
6
votes
1answer
43 views
How to search in favorite questions?
As the number of my favorite questions increase, it becomes harder to find them in the list. Is there a way to search in my favorite questions?
Also, would it be possible to search in another user's ...
16
votes
1answer
476 views
Searching for accented characters is too strict
A search for "lindelof"
and
a search for "lindelöf"
produce different results. In some sense the results are correct, since the first search finds only those posts that mention "lindelof" and the ...
