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Martin Sleziak
Martin Sleziak
11:14 AM
Jyrki Lahtonen♦: IMO ideally anyone casting a "no effort" -close vote should be able to solve the problem themself. I am aware that the policy I suggested may place too high a burden to the first close-voter. That's where that ideally came from.
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A: Why a question without showing any work is getting upvoted?

Jyrki LahtonenI have other reasons not to upvote that question, but I would not downvote or vote to close it either. The official reason for closing many a question is "off-topic -> missing context". Some users mistakenly equate "missing context" with "missing work/effort shown". The linked question gives co...

This is definitely not the reason why I posted it here. (I want to have that quote bookmarked somewhere.) But from the grammar point of view, should there be themselves rather then themself?
 
 
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Martin Sleziak
Martin Sleziak
12:17 PM
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Q: Can we build mathematics without studying it?

SiddhantinfThis is one question that I can never get the answer of, because I am too young at this moment. My question is that can a common person like me, not a genius, just a normal person, build mathematics on my own? I mean to say that if I don't refer to any books or resources, can I prove some results...

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When I saw that question, it reminded me that I have heard or read somewhere that some mathematician re-invented differential and integral calculus on his own as a kid. He had his own symbols for derivatives and integrals, but he was able to get at least some basic results. Anybody heard the same story? Do you remember the name? (I think he was Russian.)
 
 
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Martin Sleziak
Martin Sleziak
1:35 PM
I have asked this also in the main chatroom: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/27211377#27211377 Maybe somebody will notice it.
 

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