tea.mathoverflow.net - Discussion Feed (Could we close the topic on overloaded words in mathematics?)

Andrew Stacey comments on "Could we close the topic on overloaded words in mathematics?" (5264)

2010-04-29T23:49:37-07:00

That's a great one to end one!

(It's similar to a line I've been using for a while: I say that I work on fusion in nuclear spaces)

Scott Morrison comments on "Could we close the topic on overloaded words in mathematics?" (5258)

2010-04-29T21:56:59-07:00

I agree too, although I couldn't resist adding a last second answer.

I've closed the question.

Qiaochu Yuan comments on "Could we close the topic on overloaded words in mathematics?" (5255)

2010-04-29T21:11:04-07:00

I agree with Jonas. There's really no reason for this question to stay up.

Harry Gindi comments on "Could we close the topic on overloaded words in mathematics?" (5250)

2010-04-29T20:52:27-07:00

@Mariano: I dunno, we've closed better big-list questions than that one, and I remembered that Anton didn't like it at the time either.

Jonas Meyer comments on "Could we close the topic on overloaded words in mathematics?" (5249)

2010-04-29T20:52:18-07:00

If the question is closed, answers can still be edited. For this question, it's likely that most words worth naming are already named, and most activity will consist of adding other uses of these words. Thus I don't think that closing will make much difference for those who want to contribute to the question--but I may be wrong. On the other hand, I believe that editing answers to closed questions still bumps the question, so closing may not make much difference to those who want to stop seeing it either.

(I don't care whether the question is closed, nor do I have a vote anyway.)

Mariano comments on "Could we close the topic on overloaded words in mathematics?" (5248)

2010-04-29T20:33:04-07:00

Why not just vote to close it? Campainging against it is a bit overblown!

In any case, why it is time to close it? What's happened that has made it time? I find the question and most of its answers rather dull, but I don't think it has become such a nuisance that it simply has to go away.

Harry Gindi comments on "Could we close the topic on overloaded words in mathematics?" (5246)

2010-04-29T20:24:08-07:00

I never thought this was a particularly good question, and I think that it's time to close it:

What are the most overloaded words in mathematics?