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Wow, I didn't know about MathOverflow. Good to know!
by phob 17y ago
Wow, I didn't know about MathOverflow. Good to know!
- pvilchez 17y agoI also didn't realize MathOverflow existed. On a whim, I typed in physicsoverflow.net, and it turns out that exists as well (though not well populated at all). I wonder what other overflows exist.
- Sukotto 17y agoThey're going there. But you know how it is... You can know where the physicists are, or where they're going, but not both at the same time. I was thinking about creating a ProcrastinationOverflow but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
- cruise02 17y agoCool, I wasn't aware of the physics one either. There's a list of them maintained here: http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4/list-of-stackexchange-sites http://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4/list-of-stackexcha...
- greenlblue 17y agoNot really. Those guys at MathOverflow are ruthless. Try posting a question and see what happens.
- omaranto 17y agoIn my experience it's fantastic and you get good answers very quickly. I got an answer from precisely the mathematician I was planning on emailing! It's not meant for homework type questions, though, and they do shut those down right away.
- greenlblue 17y agoWhat was your question? Post a link.
- tqft 17y agoSorry if we're still appearing hostile. We have a very focused target audience -- people doing mathematical research -- and in order to serve that community best we turn away questions at inappropriate levels (i.e. what should be 'standard material' of a mathematics undergraduate education at a good university). We try to do that politely, and offer suggestions of other places to try, but I know we don't always succeed.
- SandB0x 17y agoMathOverflow is serious business, full of seriously accomplished mathematicians. There are at least two Fields medallists there (Gowers and Tao).