Questions specifically about the process of asking questions on this site.
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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 ...
2
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2answers
379 views
How, in my opinion, we should treat new askers
Imagine this...
Sitting in your home, in front of your desk, doing your math homework from school, college, or just for fun, and stuck in a certain exercise.
You come across this great website, and ...
7
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1answer
299 views
Question and answer using a mathematical book
In the help section, it states that it is encouraged to post Q & A. However I do not want to go about it the wrong way.
Basically I am attempting exercises in Kaplansky's book Set Theory And ...
5
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0answers
141 views
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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0answers
127 views
Edit and spoil given answer or Repost a close- [duplicate]
I was, and still am, out seeking a way to get
the adjacency matrix of the dual of $G$ without pen and paper. hardmath answered that the way I posted the question, it doesn't have a unique dual graph ...
10
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1answer
453 views
The Limit of asking a question
I have a question for MSE.
I noticed that the number of asking question is limtted. I guess, someone ask 60 questions per a month.
My limit finished. And I know that as time goes on, I ask few ...
40
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3answers
879 views
On the loss of some users and their PSQs
There are some users who specialize in asking PSQs (crude problem statement questions). According to all the discussions about PSQs, it seems that a vast majority of users think these should be ...
4
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1answer
75 views
What to do if my question is very similar to another but isn't answered there?
I have a doubt about the following: Suppose I want to ask some question, but Math.SE already has one that is very similar (say 90% similar). The chances that my question will be closed as duplicate ...
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3answers
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Increase the complexity of a question once a good answer has been provided for a simplified formulation
I'm wondering if it is considered as good practice to increase the complexity of a question once a good answer has been provided for the original problem. Specifically, assume that in the first place ...
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1answer
350 views
Is it acceptable to request answers via e-mail?
I was going through the weeks unanswered questions, and came across this one:
Doubt on solving the following system with Gaussian Elimination
The peculiarity of the question is that it requests an ...
2
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1answer
166 views
Why I cannot ask further questions?
My profile can be be found in
http://math.stackexchange.com/users/53124/ze1
I cannot ask further questions. It seems that this option is blocked or damaged in my PC. How I can resolve this ...
2
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1answer
111 views
How often can I ask a question?
I wonder what is the time limit of how often can one ask a question on Math Stack Exchange?
I tried to ask a new question shortly after I posted one, and the Ask Question link always referred me back ...
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2answers
397 views
“Is this correct?” Questions
Recently, I have seen a lot of questions that essentially ask, "Is this proof correct?" or "Can you verify my work is correct?" like this one.
Often, especially when the asker's work is in fact ...
2
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2answers
142 views
Problems with posting a question: “please enter at least one tag”
I am posting this on behalf of user Mehdi. He mentioned in chat that he is able to post neither on main nor in meta, so I am asking instead of him.
The problem he has is that when he asks a question, ...
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0answers
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Could “Ask Question” dialog be more helpful?
The Ask Question dialog has an appropriate faint overlay text in the Title input area:
what's your math question? be specific.
(Aside: this seems to suggest ...
