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Anton Geraschenko comments on "Is this question appropriate?" (3877)

Anton Geraschenko — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:31:36 -0700

I guess it's already clear that this is a fine question, but I'll point out that due to popular demand, the name of the site has changed to "MathOverflow" (it was formerly "Math Overflow"). I think about 20 new MOflowers germinate every day, regardless of time of year. I only have about 5 months of data, but I expect the trend to continue.

Harry Gindi comments on "Is this question appropriate?" (3876)

Harry Gindi — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:07:57 -0700

Is there a feud going on between the math and botany departments?

François G. Dorais comments on "Is this question appropriate?" (3875)

François G. Dorais — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:07:09 -0700

+1: Math over Flowers is a very real dilemma in Michigan (and perhaps Ohio) this time of year, but Math Overflow is year round...

(And I find this is an excellent question.)

Scott Morrison comments on "Is this question appropriate?" (3874)

Scott Morrison — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:04:42 -0700

Definitely. Indeed, before I saw this, I'd already voted up the question and all of the answers that had appeared so far.

Pete L. Clark comments on "Is this question appropriate?" (3870)

Pete L. Clark — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:55:17 -0700

Seems like a reasonable question to me. Probably community wiki?

Steven Gubkin comments on "Is this question appropriate?" (3867)

Steven Gubkin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:43:12 -0700

This summer my wife and one of my friends (who are both programmers and undergraduate math majors, but have not learned any algebraic geometry) want to learn some algebraic geometry from me, and I want to learn how to program from them, so we were planning on working on some computational algebraic geometry together. While there are several books which we could work through, I thought it might be more fun and productive if we had the goal of developing a usable new algorithm, or at least implementing an algorithm which no one has implemented before. I do not have any ideas, but I thought that some mathoverflowers* might have had an idea for an algorithm they would like to see implemented but have never had the time to work through the details. Would it be appropriate to ask for a suggestion on MO?

* "Math Overflow"ers or Math over Flowers? It is for you to decide.