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2:38 AM

cv-pls proof-verification Um... I can't even. This appears to be nonsense. All of Mathematics is inconsistent. Turing machine are consistent‭ - Todor Genov‭ 2019-03-02 02:36:13Z

Oh, hey! It works.

Interesting.

cv-pls gamma-distribution This is an older question, utterly lacking in context. Determine the mode of the gamma distribution with parameters $\alpha$ and $\beta$‭ - Amanda R.‭ 2017-03-30 06:15:43Z

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cv-pls calculus Missing context or other details Convergence of Series (natural log)‭ - Dude156‭ 2019-02-20 02:23:21Z

cv-pls calculus Missing context or other details eliminating parameters‭ - V.Stuart‭ 2019-02-25 06:50:50Z

cv-pls probability Missing context or other details Binomial limit $p = \lambda/n, n \to \infty,\ Pr(X= k)$‭ - Woodsworthy Wordsworth‭ 2019-02-25 11:41:06Z

cv-pls optimization Missing context or other details Solving a sign-constrained linear system‭ - user45893‭ 2018-10-23 16:33:39Z

cv-pls quadratics Missing context or other details Find the number of values of X satisfying the relation‭ - saket kumar‭ 2019-02-27 16:02:05Z

del-pls linear-algebra duplicate (No Roomba) Finding the maximum value of $a+b+c+d+e+f$‭ - Yuna Kun‭ 2016-10-01 01:12:22Z

cv-pls sequences-and-series Duplicate Problem with proof of almost sure divergence‭ - Lucian‭ 2019-03-01 11:16:10Z

cv-pls nonlinear-system Missing context or other details How would I solve this non linear systems of equation with trig.‭ - Nick Yarn‭ 2019-03-02 03:05:15Z

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3:28 AM

cv-pls discrete-mathematics Stop FGITW how is this a pigeon hole question‭ - Daniel Eddy‭ 2019-03-02 03:25:14Z

cv-pls quadratics Stop FGITW Finding relation between unknown a and b given a quadratic equation and alpha - 2 beta = 0‭ - Yuyuan Chin‭ 2019-03-02 03:28:44Z

Xander Henderson

4:24 AM

This question is one of the reasons that I hate the proof-verification tag. I want to grade that "proof" as though it were one of my student's work. It falls off the rails at the sentence "It suffices to show that $a=\sqrt{2}$."

Everything that follows is polluted by the fact that the assumption of the existence of $\sqrt{2}$ is kind of a problem.

For those that are using the script which done tells you how many votes a thing's got, I am not sure why the previous linked topic is flagged for closure; I have not requested closure, only some discussion. It is possible(?) that the question could be edited. Alternatively, someone might be able to explain to me the use of the proof verification tag.

@Makyen

Makyen

5:17 AM

@XanderHenderson I'm happy to help, but I'm not sure why you've pinged me. With "those that are using the script which done tells you how many votes a thing's got", are you talking about the URRS? That question does not appear to have any close-votes cast on it at this time. That may have changed from when you posted the above message.

Xander Henderson

5:42 AM

@Makyen Yes, if the thingy is called URRS. I know that it has no close votes; it has a close vote counter on the side of the chat page.

is that intentional?

That is, I didn't ask for closure (or deletion, or reopening, or any other action). I am not sure why the script is adding a counter.

Makyen

5:58 AM

@XanderHenderson The URRS adds status information for every post that is linked in chat. Those that are actual requests have different styling, with an orange feature to the left of the brief status information. Like this:

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The status information on other posts allows you to quickly see at a glance if something happened wrt. it's status, and mouse-over it to show a tooltip with score, up-votes, down-votes and views. It's just for information.

I'm certainly willing to change that, if it's wanted. Personally, I find it useful in SOCVR. It hasn't appeared to draw undue attention to the post, and in some instances it's helped identify problematic activity on the question or answer.

Makyen

6:22 AM

@Makyen That should have been: It provides status for every linked post for posts on the main site, Mathematics. It doesn't provide status for linked posts that are on other sites (e.g. meta, meta.SE, etc.).

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6:35 AM

flag-pls offensive "The question can not be formulated in Seeking personal advice more clear way. [close voters], please go back to school and finish your elementary math courses." Assuming $p_k$ % of the population have illness $M_k$ how much precent are mentally ill under 2 conditions?‭ - Robert Werner‭ 2019-03-01 21:02:03Z

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11:32 AM

cv-pls category-theory Unclear Prove that the image of an invariant subspace under a morphism of representations is an invariant subspace.‭ - Intuition‭ 2019-02-17 23:33:08Z

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11:54 AM

cv-pls taylor-expansion Missing context or other details reliability with Taylor series approximation‭ - Tariro Manyika‭ 2019-02-19 23:14:41Z

user21820

D1, D2, D3.

D4, D5, D6.

C1, C2, C3.

user21820

12:25 PM

D7, D8, D9.

@Makyen Thanks for putting in so much effort!

user21820

12:37 PM

@XanderHenderson Actually, it falls off the rails right at the title. It is unclear what "√2" is supposed to mean there. I didn't vote on the question though.

Xander Henderson

12:50 PM

@user21820 I tend to gloss over the title, but yes, you are correct.

I also didn't vote to close. The question is reasonable within the proof verification tag.

I just hate that tag and think that it should be eliminated.

But as long as it is around, the question is fine.

Maybe we need a "grade my homework" tag, too. :\

@Makyen Ah. Okay.

TheSimpliFire

1:18 PM

Same question asked again, and again

Xander Henderson

1:29 PM

@TheSimpliFire My preference would be to see the first two closed as duplicates of this one, since the latter is actually pretty well written (as these things go). Alternatively, just delete the first two.

TheSimpliFire

@XanderHenderson Casting a duplicate vote on an unanswered question isn't allowed...

Xander Henderson

Ah, of course. I would prefer, then, to close / delete the first two, and hope that the last gets reasonable answer.

Carl Mummert

@TheSimpliFire: you can always vote with the custom reason "because this is a duplicate" or "because the question has been reposted" (the first one is probably better here, unless there's more evidence that the same person is using more than one name)

The newest one is also a PSQ

If we were going to keep one of them, this one is the best composed math.stackexchange.com/questions/3129570/…

Xander Henderson

@CarlMummert Yes, that one. Keep that one.

user21820

2:22 PM

@TheSimpliFire @XanderHenderson @CarlMummert: Second one is up for deletion now. First one can't be deleted until the second one is gone.

Third one is perfectly fine to keep to me as well; I upvoted it and can't really see why anyone would downvote it.

user21820

4:20 PM

D10, D11, D12.

Xander Henderson

5:11 PM

@TheSimpliFire For the sake of closing the first two as dupes of the third, the last one has an answer now. Of course, that is irrelevant, as the first two are closed and on their way to deletion. C'est la vie.

SmokeDetector

5:31 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in body, mostly dots in body (144): Weierstrass zeta function and Eisenstein series ✏️ by Pino--S on math.SE

stressed out

I recently flagged this answer for deletion but it says that it was rejected

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A: Find this integral $\int_{\frac{1}{2}}^{1} \dfrac{x\ln x}{1+x^2} dx$

Wolfram Mathematica solves it as $-\frac{\text{Li}_2\left(-\frac{1}{4}\right)}{4}-\frac{\pi ^2}{48}+\log (2) \coth ^{-1}(9)$, where $\text{Li}_2\left(-\frac{1}{4}\right)$ is the polylogarithm function. Numerically it's roughly -0.06930602220767343

The answer is obviously not an answer, but rather a comment. It adds nothing new to the website, except that it tells people that they can use wolfram to solve things. Yet moderators decided that it should stay while they're deleting tens of good answers just because the question had been closed as off-topic before.

I don't see the logic to be honest.

Five people have downvoted it. So, I'm sure it's not only me that sees a problem with the aforementioned answer.

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