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The reason you were given for closing the question is terrible ("lacks sufficient information", what?), but you were basically asking a simple math question on
by TillE 13y ago
The reason you were given for closing the question is terrible ("lacks sufficient information", what?), but you were basically asking a simple math question on a programming site.
This is the trouble with being too specific. It's often better to say: here's what I want to do and why, what's the best way to accomplish that? Describe your actual problem first, before getting into your attempted solution.
- oneeyedpigeon 13y agoDefinitely better suited to the math stack exchange site, I would have thought
- dspeyer 13y agoIIRC, mathoverflow maintains a "nothing an undergrad could reasonably be expected to know" policy.
- oneeyedpigeon 13y agoWell, I think THAT policy is the wrong one, not SO's 'questions should be about programming' one.
- fabian2k 13y agoThere are two math sites, Math Overflow is for professional mathematicians (and started outside the SE network). Math SE is for everyone with math questions.
- Karunamon 13y ago>It's often better to say: here's what I want to do and why, what's the best way to accomplish that? Sounds like a great way to get your question torpedoed by overzealous moderators for being "not a good fit" since there's not a direct answer and it will "invite debate".