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	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
	*[[Terence Tao]] compared it to "the venerable newsgroup ''sci.math'', but with more modern, '[[Web 2.0]]' features."<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Terence Tao \|date = 20 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 30 September 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930181313/http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>		* [[Terence Tao]] compared it to "the venerable newsgroup ''sci.math'', but with more modern, '[[Web 2.0]]' features".<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Terence Tao \|date = 20 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 30 September 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930181313/http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*[[John C. Baez]] writes that "website 'Math Overflow' has become a universal clearinghouse for math questions".<ref>{{cite web \|author = John C. Baez \|url = https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|title = Math Blogs \|journal = [[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]] \|date = March 2010 \|author-link = John C. Baez \|page = 333 \|volume = 57 \|issue = 3 \|access-date = 2021-04-28 \|archive-date = 2021-05-08 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210508112359/https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|url-status = live }}</ref>		* [[John C. Baez]] writes that "website 'Math Overflow' has become a universal clearinghouse for math questions".<ref>{{cite web \|author = John C. Baez \|url = https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|title = Math Blogs \|journal = [[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]] \|date = March 2010 \|author-link = John C. Baez \|page = 333 \|volume = 57 \|issue = 3 \|access-date = 2021-04-28 \|archive-date = 2021-05-08 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210508112359/https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*According to [[Gil Kalai]], MathOverflow "is ran {{sic}} by an energetic and impressive group of very (very very) young people".<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Gil Kalai \|date = 13 November 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 5 October 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014547/http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>		* According to [[Gil Kalai]], MathOverflow "is ran {{sic}} by an energetic and impressive group of very (very very) young people".<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Gil Kalai \|date = 13 November 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 5 October 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014547/http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*[[Jordan Ellenberg]] comments that the website "offers a constantly changing array of new questions" and is "addictive" in a "particularly pure form", as he compares it to the [[Polymath Project]].<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|title = Why Math Overflow works, and why it might not \|author = Jordan Ellenberg \|date = 17 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 2 December 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202053236/http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>		* [[Jordan Ellenberg]] comments that the website "offers a constantly changing array of new questions" and is "addictive" in a "particularly pure form", as he compares it to the [[Polymath Project]].<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|title = Why Math Overflow works, and why it might not \|author = Jordan Ellenberg \|date = 17 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 2 December 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202053236/http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*Jared Keller in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' writes, "Math Overflow is almost an anti-social network, focused solely on productively addressing the problems posed by its users." He quotes Scott Morrison saying "Mathematicians as a whole are surprisingly skeptical of many aspects of the modern Internet... In particular, things like [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], etc. are viewed as enormous wastes of time."<ref name=keller>{{cite magazine \|author = Jared Keller \|url = https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/beyond-facebook-how-the-worlds-mathematicians-organize-online/63422/ \|title = Beyond Facebook: How the World's Mathematicians Organize Online \|magazine = [[The Atlantic]] \|date = 28 September 2010 }}</ref>		* Jared Keller in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' writes: "Math Overflow is almost an anti-social network, focused solely on productively addressing the problems posed by its users." He quotes Scott Morrison saying: "Mathematicians as a whole are surprisingly skeptical of many aspects of the modern Internet... In particular, things like [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], etc. are viewed as enormous wastes of time."<ref name=keller>{{cite magazine \|author = Jared Keller \|url = https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/beyond-facebook-how-the-worlds-mathematicians-organize-online/63422/ \|title = Beyond Facebook: How the World's Mathematicians Organize Online \|magazine = [[The Atlantic]] \|date = 28 September 2010 }}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	== Origin and history ==		== Origin and history ==
	The website was started by [[University of California, Berkeley\|Berkeley]] graduate students and postdocs Anton Geraschenko, David Zureick-Brown, and Scott Morrison on 28 September 2009.<ref name=keller/> The hosting was supported by [[Ravi Vakil]].<ref>{{cite news \|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_15713739 \|newspaper = [[The Mercury News]] \|date = August 8, 2010 \|title = Stanford and UC Berkeley create massively collaborative math \|first = Lisa M. \|last = Krieger \|access-date = February 21, 2014 \|archive-date = March 14, 2016 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314001737/http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_15713739 \|url-status = live }}</ref> The site originally ran on a separate installation of the StackExchange 1.0 software engine; on June 25, 2013, it was integrated in the regular [[Stack Exchange Network]], running SE 2.0.<ref>{{cite web \|title = Math Overflow 2.0 \|url = http://aperiodical.com/2013/06/mathoverflow-2-0/ \|author = Christian Perfect \|work = The Aperiodical \|date = 25 June 2013 \|access-date = 19 February 2014 \|archive-date = 1 July 2013 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130701140607/http://aperiodical.com/2013/06/mathoverflow-2-0/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>		The website was started by [[University of California, Berkeley\|Berkeley]] graduate students and postdocs Anton Geraschenko, David Zureick-Brown, and Scott Morrison on 28 September 2009 based on the idea of Sándor Kovács's NSF CAREER Grant.<ref name=keller/> The hosting was supported by [[Ravi Vakil]].<ref>{{cite news \|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_15713739 \|newspaper = [[The Mercury News]] \|date = August 8, 2010 \|title = Stanford and UC Berkeley create massively collaborative math \|first = Lisa M. \|last = Krieger \|access-date = February 21, 2014 \|archive-date = March 14, 2016 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314001737/http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_15713739 \|url-status = live }}</ref> The site originally ran on a separate installation of the StackExchange 1.0 software engine; on June 25, 2013, it was integrated in the regular [[Stack Exchange Network]], running SE 2.0.<ref>{{cite web \|title = Math Overflow 2.0 \|url = http://aperiodical.com/2013/06/mathoverflow-2-0/ \|author = Christian Perfect \|work = The Aperiodical \|date = 25 June 2013 \|access-date = 19 February 2014 \|archive-date = 1 July 2013 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130701140607/http://aperiodical.com/2013/06/mathoverflow-2-0/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>

	=== Naming ===		=== Naming ===

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	== Use of mathematical formulas ==		== Use of mathematical formulas ==
	The original version of the website did not support [[LaTeX]] markup for mathematical formulas. To support most of the functionality of LaTeX, [[MathJax]] was added in order for the site to transform math equations into their appropriate forms. In its current state, any post including "Math Mode" (text between $'s) ~~in proper MathJax code~~ will translate into proper mathematical notation if.		The original version of the website did not support [[LaTeX]] markup for mathematical formulas. To support most of the functionality of LaTeX, [[MathJax]] was added in order for the site to transform math equations into their appropriate forms. In its current state, any post including "Math Mode" (text between $'s) will translate into proper mathematical notation.

	== Usage ==		== Usage ==

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Use of mathematical formulas

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	== Use of mathematical formulas ==		== Use of mathematical formulas ==
	The original version of the website did not support [[LaTeX]] markup for mathematical formulas. To support most of the functionality of LaTeX, [[MathJax]] was added in order for the site to transform math equations into their appropriate forms. In its current state, any post including "Math Mode" (text between $'s) will translate into proper mathematical notation.		The original version of the website did not support [[LaTeX]] markup for mathematical formulas. To support most of the functionality of LaTeX, [[MathJax]] was added in order for the site to transform math equations into their appropriate forms. In its current state, any post including "Math Mode" (text between $'s) in proper MathJax code will translate into proper mathematical notation if.

	== Usage ==		== Usage ==

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	{{Short description\|Mathematics question and answer website}}		{{Short description\|Mathematics question and answer website}}
	'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]], but distinct from [https://math.stackexchange.com].		'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]], but distinct from [https://math.stackexchange.com math.stackexchange.com].

	It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}		It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}

LachlanA: Different from math.stackexchange.com, despite both being in the Stack Exchange Network

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	{{Short description\|Mathematics question and answer website}}		{{Short description\|Mathematics question and answer website}}
	'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]].		'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]], but distinct from [https://math.stackexchange.com].

	It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}		It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}

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	== Usage ==		== Usage ==
	As of April 4, 2012, there were 16,496 registered users on MathOverflow,<ref name=MO>{{official website\|http://www.mathoverflow.net}}</ref> most of whom were located in the United States (35%), India (12%), and the United Kingdom (6%). By December 11, 2018, the number of registered users had grown to 87,850.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.sharenator.com/w/mathoverflow.net \|title = Sharenator MO Statistics \|url-status = dead \|archiveurl = https://archive.is/20120909064947/http://www.sharenator.com/w/mathoverflow.net \|archivedate = 2012-09-09 }}</ref> As of June 2019, 123,448 questions have been posted.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Newest Questions\|url=https://mathoverflow.net/questions\|access-date=2021-03-28\|website=MathOverflow}}</ref>		As of April 4, 2012, there were 16,496 registered users on MathOverflow,<ref name=MO>{{official website\|http://www.mathoverflow.net}}</ref> most of whom were located in the United States (35%), India (12%), and the United Kingdom (6%). By December 11, 2018, the number of registered users had grown to 87,850.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.sharenator.com/w/mathoverflow.net \|title = Sharenator MO Statistics \|url-status = dead \|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120909064947/http://www.sharenator.com/w/mathoverflow.net \|archivedate = 2012-09-09 }}</ref> As of June 2019, 123,448 questions have been posted.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Newest Questions\|url=https://mathoverflow.net/questions\|access-date=2021-03-28\|website=MathOverflow}}</ref>

	In 2011, questions were answered an average of 3.9 hours after they were posted, and "Acceptable" answers took an average of 5.01 hours.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~dzb/slides/MO_slides.pdf \|author = David Zureick-Brown \|title = MathOverflow (presentation slides) \|date = 29 March 2011 }}</ref>		In 2011, questions were answered an average of 3.9 hours after they were posted, and "Acceptable" answers took an average of 5.01 hours.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~dzb/slides/MO_slides.pdf \|author = David Zureick-Brown \|title = MathOverflow (presentation slides) \|date = 29 March 2011 }}</ref>

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	'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]].		'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]].

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	'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]].		'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]].

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	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
	*[[Terence Tao]] compared it to "the venerable newsgroup ''sci.math'', but with more modern, '[[Web 2.0]]' features."<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Terence Tao \|date = 20 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 30 September 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930181313/http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>		* [[Terence Tao]] compared it to "the venerable newsgroup ''sci.math'', but with more modern, '[[Web 2.0]]' features".<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Terence Tao \|date = 20 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 30 September 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930181313/http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*[[John C. Baez]] writes that "website 'Math Overflow' has become a universal clearinghouse for math questions".<ref>{{cite web \|author = John C. Baez \|url = https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|title = Math Blogs \|journal = [[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]] \|date = March 2010 \|author-link = John C. Baez \|page = 333 \|volume = 57 \|issue = 3 \|access-date = 2021-04-28 \|archive-date = 2021-05-08 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210508112359/https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|url-status = live }}</ref>		* [[John C. Baez]] writes that "website 'Math Overflow' has become a universal clearinghouse for math questions".<ref>{{cite web \|author = John C. Baez \|url = https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|title = Math Blogs \|journal = [[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]] \|date = March 2010 \|author-link = John C. Baez \|page = 333 \|volume = 57 \|issue = 3 \|access-date = 2021-04-28 \|archive-date = 2021-05-08 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210508112359/https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*According to [[Gil Kalai]], MathOverflow "is ran {{sic}} by an energetic and impressive group of very (very very) young people".<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Gil Kalai \|date = 13 November 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 5 October 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014547/http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>		* According to [[Gil Kalai]], MathOverflow "is ran {{sic}} by an energetic and impressive group of very (very very) young people".<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Gil Kalai \|date = 13 November 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 5 October 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014547/http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*[[Jordan Ellenberg]] comments that the website "offers a constantly changing array of new questions" and is "addictive" in a "particularly pure form", as he compares it to the [[Polymath Project]].<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|title = Why Math Overflow works, and why it might not \|author = Jordan Ellenberg \|date = 17 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 2 December 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202053236/http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>		* [[Jordan Ellenberg]] comments that the website "offers a constantly changing array of new questions" and is "addictive" in a "particularly pure form", as he compares it to the [[Polymath Project]].<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|title = Why Math Overflow works, and why it might not \|author = Jordan Ellenberg \|date = 17 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 2 December 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202053236/http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*Jared Keller in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' writes, "Math Overflow is almost an anti-social network, focused solely on productively addressing the problems posed by its users." He quotes Scott Morrison saying "Mathematicians as a whole are surprisingly skeptical of many aspects of the modern Internet... In particular, things like [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], etc. are viewed as enormous wastes of time."<ref name=keller>{{cite magazine \|author = Jared Keller \|url = https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/beyond-facebook-how-the-worlds-mathematicians-organize-online/63422/ \|title = Beyond Facebook: How the World's Mathematicians Organize Online \|magazine = [[The Atlantic]] \|date = 28 September 2010 }}</ref>		* Jared Keller in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' writes: "Math Overflow is almost an anti-social network, focused solely on productively addressing the problems posed by its users." He quotes Scott Morrison saying: "Mathematicians as a whole are surprisingly skeptical of many aspects of the modern Internet... In particular, things like [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], etc. are viewed as enormous wastes of time."<ref name=keller>{{cite magazine \|author = Jared Keller \|url = https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/beyond-facebook-how-the-worlds-mathematicians-organize-online/63422/ \|title = Beyond Facebook: How the World's Mathematicians Organize Online \|magazine = [[The Atlantic]] \|date = 28 September 2010 }}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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	'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]], but distinct from [https://math.stackexchange.com].		'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]], but distinct from [https://math.stackexchange.com math.stackexchange.com].

	It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}		It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}

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	'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]].		'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]], but distinct from [https://math.stackexchange.com].

	It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}		It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}

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	'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]], but distinct from [https://math.stackexchange.com math.stackexchange.com].		'''MathOverflow''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Comparison of Q&A sites\|question-and-answer (Q&A) website]], which serves as an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting merit points for their activities.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|title=Cracking Open the Scientific Process\|first=Thomas\|last=Lin\|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]\|date=January 16, 2012\|access-date=June 4, 2019\|archive-date=May 10, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510145126/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/17/science/open-science-challenges-journal-tradition-with-web-collaboration.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> It is a part of the [[Stack Exchange Network]], but distinct from [https://math.stackexchange.com math.stackexchange.com].

	It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}		It is primarily for asking questions on mathematics research – i.e. related to [[List of unsolved problems in mathematics\|unsolved problems]] and the extension of knowledge of mathematics into areas that are not yet known – and does not welcome requests from non-mathematicians for instruction, for example [[Homework\|homework exercises]]. It does welcome various questions on other topics that might normally be discussed among mathematicians, for example about [[Academic publishing\|publishing]], [[Peer review\|refereeing]], [[Doctoral advisor\|advising]], getting [[Tenure (academic)\|tenure]], etc. It is generally inhospitable to questions perceived as tendentious or argumentative.{{citation needed\|date=November 2020}}

	== Origin and history ==		== Origin and history ==
	The website was started by [[University of California, Berkeley\|Berkeley]] graduate students and postdocs Anton Geraschenko, David Zureick-Brown, and Scott Morrison on 28 September 2009.<ref name=keller/> The hosting was supported by [[Ravi Vakil]].<ref>{{cite news \|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_15713739 \|newspaper = [[The Mercury News]] \|date = August 8, 2010 \|title = Stanford and UC Berkeley create massively collaborative math \|first = Lisa M. \|last = Krieger }}</ref> The site originally ran on a separate installation of the StackExchange 1.0 software engine; on June 25, 2013, it was integrated in the regular [[Stack Exchange Network]], running SE 2.0.<ref>{{cite web \|title = Math Overflow 2.0 \|url = http://aperiodical.com/2013/06/mathoverflow-2-0/ \|author = Christian Perfect \|work = The Aperiodical \|date = 25 June 2013 }}</ref>		The website was started by [[University of California, Berkeley\|Berkeley]] graduate students and postdocs Anton Geraschenko, David Zureick-Brown, and Scott Morrison on 28 September 2009.<ref name=keller/> The hosting was supported by [[Ravi Vakil]].<ref>{{cite news \|url = http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_15713739 \|newspaper = [[The Mercury News]] \|date = August 8, 2010 \|title = Stanford and UC Berkeley create massively collaborative math \|first = Lisa M. \|last = Krieger \|access-date = February 21, 2014 \|archive-date = March 14, 2016 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160314001737/http://www.mercurynews.com/san-jose-neighborhoods/ci_15713739 \|url-status = live }}</ref> The site originally ran on a separate installation of the StackExchange 1.0 software engine; on June 25, 2013, it was integrated in the regular [[Stack Exchange Network]], running SE 2.0.<ref>{{cite web \|title = Math Overflow 2.0 \|url = http://aperiodical.com/2013/06/mathoverflow-2-0/ \|author = Christian Perfect \|work = The Aperiodical \|date = 25 June 2013 \|access-date = 19 February 2014 \|archive-date = 1 July 2013 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130701140607/http://aperiodical.com/2013/06/mathoverflow-2-0/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>

	=== Naming ===		=== Naming ===
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	== Usage ==		== Usage ==
	As of April 4, 2012, there were 16,496 registered users on MathOverflow,<ref name=MO>{{official website\|http://www.mathoverflow.net}}</ref> most of whom were located in the United States (35%), India (12%), and the United Kingdom (6%). By December 11, 2018, the number of registered users had grown to 87,850.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.sharenator.com/w/mathoverflow.net \|title = Sharenator MO Statistics \|url-status = dead \|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120909064947/http://www.sharenator.com/w/mathoverflow.net \|archivedate = 2012-09-09 }}</ref> As of June 2019, 123,448 questions have been posted.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Newest Questions\|url=https://mathoverflow.net/questions\|access-date=2021-03-28\|website=MathOverflow}}</ref>		As of April 4, 2012, there were 16,496 registered users on MathOverflow,<ref name=MO>{{official website\|http://www.mathoverflow.net}}</ref> most of whom were located in the United States (35%), India (12%), and the United Kingdom (6%). By December 11, 2018, the number of registered users had grown to 87,850.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.sharenator.com/w/mathoverflow.net \|title = Sharenator MO Statistics \|url-status = dead \|archiveurl = https://archive.today/20120909064947/http://www.sharenator.com/w/mathoverflow.net \|archivedate = 2012-09-09 }}</ref> As of June 2019, 123,448 questions have been posted.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Newest Questions\|url=https://mathoverflow.net/questions\|access-date=2021-03-28\|website=MathOverflow\|archive-date=2021-03-25\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325051914/https://mathoverflow.net/questions\|url-status=live}}</ref>

	In 2011, questions were answered an average of 3.9 hours after they were posted, and "Acceptable" answers took an average of 5.01 hours.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~dzb/slides/MO_slides.pdf \|author = David Zureick-Brown \|title = MathOverflow (presentation slides) \|date = 29 March 2011 }}</ref>		In 2011, questions were answered an average of 3.9 hours after they were posted, and "Acceptable" answers took an average of 5.01 hours.<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~dzb/slides/MO_slides.pdf \|author = David Zureick-Brown \|title = MathOverflow (presentation slides) \|date = 29 March 2011 \|access-date = 25 March 2013 \|archive-date = 15 January 2015 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150115110318/http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~dzb/slides/MO_slides.pdf \|url-status = live }}</ref>

	== Reception ==		== Reception ==
	*[[Terence Tao]] compared it to "the venerable newsgroup ''sci.math'', but with more modern, '[[Web 2.0]]' features."<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Terence Tao \|date = 20 October 2009 }}</ref>		*[[Terence Tao]] compared it to "the venerable newsgroup ''sci.math'', but with more modern, '[[Web 2.0]]' features."<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Terence Tao \|date = 20 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 30 September 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110930181313/http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*[[John C. Baez]] writes that "website 'Math Overflow' has become a universal clearinghouse for math questions".<ref>{{cite web \|author = John C. Baez \|url = https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|title = Math Blogs \|journal = [[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]] \|date = March 2010 \|author-link = John C. Baez\|page=333\|volume=57\|issue=3 }}</ref>		*[[John C. Baez]] writes that "website 'Math Overflow' has become a universal clearinghouse for math questions".<ref>{{cite web \|author = John C. Baez \|url = https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|title = Math Blogs \|journal = [[Notices of the American Mathematical Society]] \|date = March 2010 \|author-link = John C. Baez \|page = 333 \|volume = 57 \|issue = 3 \|access-date = 2021-04-28 \|archive-date = 2021-05-08 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210508112359/https://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*According to [[Gil Kalai]], MathOverflow "is ran {{sic}} by an energetic and impressive group of very (very very) young people".<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Gil Kalai \|date = 13 November 2009 }}</ref>		*According to [[Gil Kalai]], MathOverflow "is ran {{sic}} by an energetic and impressive group of very (very very) young people".<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|title = Math Overflow \|author = Gil Kalai \|date = 13 November 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 5 October 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111005014547/http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*[[Jordan Ellenberg]] comments that the website "offers a constantly changing array of new questions" and is "addictive" in a "particularly pure form", as he compares it to the [[Polymath Project]].<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|title = Why Math Overflow works, and why it might not \|author = Jordan Ellenberg \|date = 17 October 2009 }}</ref>		*[[Jordan Ellenberg]] comments that the website "offers a constantly changing array of new questions" and is "addictive" in a "particularly pure form", as he compares it to the [[Polymath Project]].<ref>{{cite web \|url = http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|title = Why Math Overflow works, and why it might not \|author = Jordan Ellenberg \|date = 17 October 2009 \|access-date = 7 October 2011 \|archive-date = 2 December 2011 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111202053236/http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ \|url-status = live }}</ref>
	*Jared Keller in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' writes, "Math Overflow is almost an anti-social network, focused solely on productively addressing the problems posed by its users." He quotes Scott Morrison saying "Mathematicians as a whole are surprisingly skeptical of many aspects of the modern Internet... In particular, things like [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], etc. are viewed as enormous wastes of time."<ref name=keller>{{cite magazine \|author = Jared Keller \|url = https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/beyond-facebook-how-the-worlds-mathematicians-organize-online/63422/ \|title = Beyond Facebook: How the World's Mathematicians Organize Online \|magazine = [[The Atlantic]] \|date = 28 September 2010 }}</ref>		*Jared Keller in ''[[The Atlantic]]'' writes, "Math Overflow is almost an anti-social network, focused solely on productively addressing the problems posed by its users." He quotes Scott Morrison saying "Mathematicians as a whole are surprisingly skeptical of many aspects of the modern Internet... In particular, things like [[Facebook]], [[Twitter]], etc. are viewed as enormous wastes of time."<ref name=keller>{{cite magazine \|author = Jared Keller \|url = https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/beyond-facebook-how-the-worlds-mathematicians-organize-online/63422/ \|title = Beyond Facebook: How the World's Mathematicians Organize Online \|magazine = [[The Atlantic]] \|date = 28 September 2010 }}</ref>