The title pretty much explains the question but here it is Is it off-topic to ask for advice on what courses/subject areas to study in preparation for PhD study in a certain area of mathematics? The question is really about the closure reason Questions seeking personal advice for choosi...
could you rank these classes in terms of necessity to take if I intend to pursue a Ph.D in pure math? I don't know if I can fit everything, but I want to make sure I take the most important ones: Ordinary Differential Equations Geometries Applied Regression Analysis Chaotic Dynamics Probability ...
I am doing a PhD in economics and I have the chance of taking one subject a semester in the maths department (I would like to do more, but "unfortunately" I have to work on my thesis). I want to have a plan so that I start with subjects I might know a bit but making sure I have all the basis, whi...
Consider a situation when a user votes to close a question as duplicate (or flags it as a duplicate if they do not have sufficient rep to cast close votes), and then the post is not closed. If the user still thinks that it is a duplicate, what they should do next? Is it enough to make a comment...
Aren't these questions similar? Factorial Proof by Induction Question? Prove if $n \in \mathbb N$, then $\frac{1}{2!}+\cdots+\frac{n}{(n+1)!}=1-\frac{1}{(n+1)!}$ I flagged the first one as duplicated but it is declined. Why? I know that it happens when three users voted to let it open. But why...
While waiting for Alex Gruber to recharge his batteries, the moderation is working slowly. For instance, on September 3 I've voted to close this question as a duplicate. I was certain from the very beginning that my vote is a waste of time, since one needs some knowledge and willingness to percei...
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