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What's wrong with my question? (math history)
This is the my first time posting here, the reason is that a few days ago I asked this question. Although I got 2 upvotes no one answered anything, I'm usually very disciplined on how and what I can ...
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Why has this excellent question been put on hold?
This question has been put on hold although it is very precisely formulated and evokes an interesting and underestimated property of rings.
The question is intimately related to a useful concept in ...
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1answer
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How do I find my old questions on here?
I asked a couple of questions on here that I want to find, but I can't find them because I don't see any options that let me review my old questions. Thank you
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1answer
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Recent deletion of a question
There was a recent homework question that went along the lines of finding integer solutions to $(4x^2-1)(4y^2-1)=(4z^2-1)^2$, but it seems to be deleted now. Is this correct? I don't have 10k ...
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1answer
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Lost a question I answered
Yesterday I answered a question in a somewhat unsatisfactory way. Today I worked out the kind of answer the questioner really wanted, but now I can't find the question. Question was: g(x) = ...
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0answers
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User's computer does not render mathjax
I was trying to answer this question, and it seems that the asker can't view mathjax. I have no idea how to troubleshoot this kind of issue, so some help here would be much appreciated.
Any ideas as ...
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Please undelete my answer
My answer to this question was deleted.
I don't agree with banning a non-homework question showing no effort.
What if someone asks a question like the Fermat's last theorem without showing no ...
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Why my comments were deleted from this question?
Why my comments were deleted from this question?
I asked the OP the definition of the principal $n$-th root of $x$, where $x$ is a real number.
I exchanged comments with the OP on that.
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What's wrong with this question?
It got 2 down votes and 3 close votes.
What's wrong with it?
Classification of all semisimple rings of a certain order
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Protocol for duplicate questions
I've asked this question, only to realize that my question is a duplicate of another, though perhaps of a slightly different flavor.
What should I do? Does this mean that I should delete my ...
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2answers
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Was this question really “not a real question”?
I know this is a relatively old question, but the fact that it got such a negative reaction seemed very strange to me. I hope it's not in poor tact to bring attention to this, but I feel like it might ...
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On the reception of “Real World Application” questions
I have come across a couple of questions which have asked about the "Real World" applications of things (specifically, of the Fibonacci series and of Groups, Rings and Fields). It seems to me that ...
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0answers
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Questionable question deletion [closed]
http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/446664/what-is-the-most-efficient-numerical-base-system was a perfectly good question that accumulated a few good references in the comments when the OP deleted ...
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Rephrasing math-history question on hold
I am not to familiar with the procedures at meta and hope this is the right place to formulate a request concerning help with rephrasing a question. The question Is mathematical history written by ...
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1answer
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Double standard in 'good answer' criteria and question reopening
The question Intuition about whether to switch in box problem was closed as a duplicate of Card doubling paradox.
The OP of the duplicate question needs further clarifications after reading the ...
