Please use this tag when you want to draw attention to a specific question on the main site. For example, if you want to draw high-rep users to closed/reopen/edit a question, if you want to discuss the necessity of locking/protecting a question, etc. Do not use if your intention is to discuss/ask ...
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Why My question was closed, [Reopened] [RECLOSED again]?
In my question I ask for practical tips for the mathematical research practice, if not personal,I look for some articles/websites/books/guides/faq related, or if was already asked on Math.SE, the link ...
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Is MSE a good place for this question
I want to place a bounty on this question, but I'm not sure if MSE is the best place for it. In general, where is the best place to ask that type of question. It seems that neural networks are ...
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Why was this question closed? Is it unpopular, or am I missing something?
This is the question I am referring to:
Proposal: don't show poster's name until upvote/downvote
I suspect that this question was closed because it was an unpopular suggestion. Whilst I ...
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On the closing of: “Does mathematics require axioms?”
On the closing of: Does mathematics require axioms?
This question was first closed, and after changing the question, it was voted to be reopened again. I don't understand why it is now closed again. ...
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Can anyone explain to me why was my question closed
I posted this question which at first seemed related to the linked question though I was trying to complete a method. I then edited the question so that it serves that purpose yet it was still closed, ...
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Bounty awarded and original poster gone!?
This problem: "Second part of the factorial sum divisibility question" had a 500-point bounty on it, posted by a user 'caveman'. Just now I noticed that 'caveman' is gone, and the bounty has been ...
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Why was this question deleted?
I'm just curious, beyond the loss of 65 points.
Bayes' Theorem question
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Is my question still too bad?
I made this question some days ago, I realized it was poorly written and then I edited it - at the time, I thought it was because I failed to define "result", now I think I added a better definiton ...
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Why was the soft question on the beauty of mathematics closed?
Why was the following question closed:
What was the first bit of mathematics that made you realize that math is beautiful? (For children's book)
I ask because I cannot find any discussion about ...
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Cross-posting or Move a Question to CrossValidated?
I'm beginning to think my question: How do I know whether I need to normalize before ranking? could be a better fit for CrossValidated. (I've read this link: Moderator Supported (Official) Guidelines ...
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Why isn't the batman question closed?
I was just curious to know, why the Batman question is not closed? As far I know, it provides no insight and no proof that the person did research before they posted the question. Are we just keeping ...
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Why do some users delete their questions after receiving an answer?
It has happened several times now that a question is deleted by its author a few minutes after I post an answer.
I suspect it's because the question is a homework question and the user wants to ...
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New user slips through the cracks [closed]
I noticed that this question asked by a new user has gone unanswered:
Daniel A. Marcus Number Fields Exercise 2.29
Maybe I am being inappropriately paternal. But, especially since he/she did ...
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Why was this question closed? (policy for reference requests)
As per the text of the re-open thread, it wouldn't fit to add this to that queue. However, I am curious to understand why this question was closed: Algebra and Geometry book.
I have no vested ...
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I issued a bounty on a duplicated question: what should I do?
I recently added a bounty to one of my old questions hoping to get a more complete solution, but it turns out that Micah asked an isomorphic question half a year before me with a good answer.
How ...
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Generalization case vs Particular case
Could the - generalization of a problem - post be a good enough reason in order to vote for closing
a question? I agree that in some cases is proving to be useful and the effort is significantly ...
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Should the old “losing Bill D.” thread be undeleted and re-locked?
In recent events Bill D. has left the site. During a now-closed thread pointing that out a comment was linking to the previous thread started by the user Math Gems when Bill was suspended for a month.
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How did this question get so famous?
In these volatile days of dramatic arguments over meta, my suspicion alarm is set to a much more sensitive threshold.
And I wonder, If $n$ the order of a group and $\gcd(k,n) = 1$ then there exists ...
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Why was “Rational numbers - sticks and stones” deleted?
Could some 10k or ♦ mod shed some light on why this question was deleted?
I understand that there may have been a good reason for it, but the error page I'm getting doesn't really explain it, beyond ...
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Should we answer questions related to untimed IQtests?
This question is related to this post. Please see the comments for more details.
How should we deal with problems like this on math.se? That is, problems coming from an untimed IQ test which is ...
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why downvoted in this question?
Anyone have an idea Why I was downvoted in this question?
I really don't know.
How can I prove $\pi_1(M)=\pi_1(M-\{q\})$?
Thanks
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Why was this question closed as too localized?
I do not believe this question deserved to be closed as too localized. The question is a valid question and by no means too localized.
The OP has again posted the same question an hour back here and ...
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another contest problem.
3 Dimensional Geometry and
his other question.
I will look up the previous questions about contest problems in a minute. I was halfway through composing an answer, then I found ...
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Deleted questions
I had previously posted some questions, and they have now been deleted without notice. I am not certain of what happened to them. If I could be shown the questions and given an explanation by a ...
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A deleted answer
12 days ago I asked a question: $Hom(\mathbb{F}_p G, M)$ and $H^1(G,M)$
I got an answer quickly. I'm looking for it now, but the answer was deleted.
I don't know why it was deleted, but I'm afraid I ...
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Reposting a (mathematical) question that disappeared
Yesterday I posted a comment on a recent math.SE question that interested me, suggesting a "perhaps.. fruitful" approach. Later with a bit more insight I looked back and found the question had ...
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Abstract duplicate?
I have noticed two questions here and here which are nearly identical in nature. These questions ask to show that given any $n+1$ integers, there exist at least two integers whose difference is ...
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Better title for “Real life and death issue…”
In r.e.:
Real life & death issue that requires a mathematical solution
I think it would be a good idea to give this a meaningful title.
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What's wrong with a user posting different and independent answers to a question?
When I posted different answers to a question, some people seemed to frown upon it.
Is G/pG is a p-group?
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mysterious down-votes on Fourier analysis question about normalising factors
Can someone explain why this question got three down-votes? It seems like a good-faith attempt to get information.
(And while explaining, can they abstain from expressions of how appalled they are ...
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Accepting a late and partial self-answer when a full answer was never further discussed
Right now I am feeling slightly angry about this: A two-part question was posted and an answer to both parts added withoin less than an hour. Nothing happened for three weeks (no comments or request ...
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Another questionable closure.
I hate to sound like a broken record, but closing this question as not constructive makes no sense to me. The canned explanation reads in relevant part:
We expect answers to be supported by facts, ...
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A re-post and a delete of the original question
About an hour ago I answered this (now deleted) post:
http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/220018/showing-fx-is-constant
But after I answered (and there were a few comments) the OP posted a ...
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What is the real reason for closing math.stackexchange.com/q/218571/12042?
Why was this question actually closed? Those who closed it chose not a real question from the admittedly rather limited menu, but in fact the question is perfectly clear:
Let $G$ be a group, and ...
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Is this suggested edit I made on “Does Pi contain all possible number combinations” truly pointless?
I recently made the suggested edit to:
Does Pi contain all possible number combinations?
The edit transcribed the text of the image to the page to gain the following benefits:
Visibility and ...
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Reopened question
What was the rationale for reopening this question this question? (The initial comments refer to the link that is struck out. But the subject of my query is the other link)
My understanding was that ...
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Why was my question removed?
I asked a question about the possibility of writing a good mathematical textbook which consists of series of exercises(it contains no proofs and the readers are expected to prove all the propositions ...
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Question about post that was closed and deleted.
Sorry I can't link to the question. I knew going in that I would get a few down-votes because the question was a little abstruse. I was willing to take my lumps. However, when the thread was ...
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I need your advice.
I need some good advice. There is one math.problem which I asked here. It is my second attempt. I have some new ideas and new results, but question is already big enough. I don't want to delete ...
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How Hints in this question are understood?
In Your favourite maths puzzles there are hints stated in a different format.for example,
Hint: GUVF VF RDHVINYRAG GB GUR ENGVBANY PNFR
Are these meaningful ? Then how to understand them?
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trying to find the question about $\sum_{-\infty}^{+\infty} \frac {1}{ak^2+bk+c}$
Update : following search results : http://math.stackexchange.com/search?q=+%24%5Csum_%7B-%5Cinfty%7D%5E%7B%2B%5Cinfty%7D+%5Cfrac+%7B1%7D%7Bak%5E2%2Bbk%2Bc%7D%24 , do not turn into proper format, I am ...
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A user that posted spam
I noticed today that there were two questions on the site titled something like "aaaaaaaaaa", I flagged both posts as spam.
As it turns out, the PO has edited his (real) questions and removed their ...
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Should this question be closed as duplicate?
Here we have an interesting situation: the question
Is an algebraic integer all of whose conjugates have absolute value 1 a root of unity?
was asked. While there doesn't seem to be an exact ...
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Questions not accessible from main page
It appears that certain questions are not accessible from the main page, e.g. this question:
Re-writing sign basis. I finally got it over the user's page, but the links on the main page or the tag ...
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Can we reopen question about predicting next number in a sequence?
Predict next number from a series was closed recently, amid a number of comments to the effect that the next term could be anything, etc., etc.
Unlike other questions that have been discussed before ...
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Need for a Question which has been already asked here.
I am searching for a question, but I am unable to find it over here. The question is something like this:
Prove that $$\int\limits_{0}^{1} (1-x^{7})^{1/5} - \int\limits_{0}^{1} (1-x^{5})^{1/7} \ dx ...
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recommend unprotecting of counterintuitive results thread
Due to the nature of the thread, What are some examples of a mathematical result being counterintuitive?, I think the normal protection procedure shouldn't apply. It's a big-list type question where ...
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An interesting question that deserves to be reopened
I think that this question deserves to be reopened. Hopefully now that we have more meta members, enough others will agree. Please vote to reopen if you agree.
Edit $\ $ The question is now reopened. ...
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A new approach to the Goldbach conjecture/ please re-open
I would like my question, "A new approach to the Goldbach conjecture", to be reopened. The reasons presented for closing do not make sense. Usually you are helpful and improve my questions. Someone ...
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Why was “fundamental group intuition” deleted?
I'm just wondering why this question called "fundamental group intuition" was deleted.
I'm new to this site, and this was the first question I answered; I was a bit confused to log in this morning ...
