tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (Correlation of MO rep/10 with chess scores) 2018-11-04T23:23:56-08:00 http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher Gerry Myerson comments on "Correlation of MO rep/10 with chess scores" (10003) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/734/correlation-of-mo-rep10-with-chess-scores/?Focus=10003#Comment_10003 2010-10-30T16:30:58-07:00 2018-11-04T23:23:56-08:00 Gerry Myerson http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/370/ Speaking of numerology, I noticed, about 35 years ago, in the days when The Monster was all the rage, that the number of (known) Mersenne primes was equal to the number of (known) sporadic simple ... Michael Lugo comments on "Correlation of MO rep/10 with chess scores" (9980) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/734/correlation-of-mo-rep10-with-chess-scores/?Focus=9980#Comment_9980 2010-10-30T11:20:55-07:00 2018-11-04T23:23:56-08:00 Michael Lugo http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/37/ A bit more seriously, though, John Cook suggested once that StackOverflow reputation scores follow a power law: http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/02/stackoverflow-reputation-statistics/ -- it ... A bit more seriously, though, John Cook suggested once that StackOverflow reputation scores follow a power law: http://www.johndcook.com/blog/2009/03/02/stackoverflow-reputation-statistics/ -- it would be interesting to know if MathOverflow reputation scores work the same way. (I see no reason why they wouldn't, but if the distributions did look very different that might say something about the difference between the two communities.

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]]> Harry Gindi comments on "Correlation of MO rep/10 with chess scores" (9968) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/734/correlation-of-mo-rep10-with-chess-scores/?Focus=9968#Comment_9968 2010-10-30T08:11:36-07:00 2018-11-04T23:23:56-08:00 Harry Gindi http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/55/ Numerology! Numerology!

]]> Scott Morrison comments on "Correlation of MO rep/10 with chess scores" (9964) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/734/correlation-of-mo-rep10-with-chess-scores/?Focus=9964#Comment_9964 2010-10-30T02:26:32-07:00 2018-11-04T23:23:56-08:00 Scott Morrison http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/3/ Huh? The highest numbers on each start with the same two digits? Not a big deal, I think. Huh? The highest numbers on each start with the same two digits? Not a big deal, I think.

]]> Mike Jones comments on "Correlation of MO rep/10 with chess scores" (9963) http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/discussion/734/correlation-of-mo-rep10-with-chess-scores/?Focus=9963#Comment_9963 2010-10-30T02:10:54-07:00 2018-11-04T23:23:56-08:00 Mike Jones http://mathoverflow.tqft.net/account/386/ MO rep divided by 10 resembles chess ratings, at least at the high end.For example, the highest MO rep is that of Joel David Hamkins: 28.8, and the highest chess (i.e., FIDE) rating is that of Garry ...
For example, the highest MO rep is that of Joel David Hamkins: 28.8, and the highest chess (i.e., FIDE) rating is that of Garry Kasparov: 2849.

It would be interesting if the two distributions MO rep over 10 and FIDE ratings showed strong similarity. I don’t have the time to follow this up, but maybe someone else does.]]>