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Is massively collaborative mathematics possible?
- pgbovine 17y agothere seems to be an opportunity for designing a new kind of forum to facilitate this sort of collaborative work. perhaps the traditional threaded model of forums like HN, phpbb, and others isn't optimal for this sort of collaboration.
- geekles 17y agoPerhaps the Wave protocol could be adapted to this sort of purpose. It seems designed for it, really.
- SandB0x 17y agoThere's already a LaTeX bot called watexy.
- asciilifeform 17y agoIs massively collaborative pregnancy possible?
- anc2020 17y agoThis seems quite similar to the question "Is open source software viable?"
- roundsquare 17y agoExcept that in open source software there are well known ways for splitting up work. In mathematics... thats not really the case (or at least, not to the same degree).
- MaysonL 17y agoYes! See http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7266/full/461879a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v461/n7266/full/461879a...