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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by HappyPanacea on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:11AM (#40317550)
Math Overflow domain and name are owned by a nonprofit organization, see https://meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/969/who-owns-mathove...
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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by melenaboija on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:25AM (#40317653)
> The MathOverflow corporation is completely independent from Stack Exchange and its mission is to ensure the continued operation of the site in a manner that meets the needs and expectations of the community.

Does it make it more or less hostile than Stack Exchange?

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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by rvnx on Friday May 10, 2024 @07:37AM (#40317724)
They claim "The MathOverflow corporation is completely independent from Stack Exchange"

and then when you click Legal notice, you see that all conditions and legal of Stack Exchange applies.

In addition:

> This letter is to confirm that, per our communications, that MathOverflow ("MathOverflow") agrees that the website, MathOverflow (located at www.mathoverflow.net, www.mathoverflow.com and www.mathoverflow. org (the "MathOverflow Domains"), the assets of which are owned and controlled by MathOverflow, will be upgraded to Stack Exchange, Inc.'s ("Stack Exchange") version 2.0 software model and, in conjunction with this upgrade, MathOverflow accepts Stack Exchange 2.0's Terms of Service (http://stackexchange.com/legal/tems-of-service, the "Terms"

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"completely independent" is perhaps exaggerated claim.

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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by lupire on Friday May 10, 2024 @11:17AM (#40320040)
The corporation is independent, and has the right to unilaterally leave the website at any time. The current website is not independent.
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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by The_suffocated on Friday May 10, 2024 @09:02AM (#40318480)
MSE is sometimes perceived as hostile to beginners because it often closes off newbie questions that lack context or are thought to be of low quality. MO is not suffering from this because almost all such questions are migrated to MSE. In this sense, yes, MO is less hostile than MSE because its hostility is outsourced to MSE.
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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by barrenko on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:14AM (#40319295)
> Thievery corporation
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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by mamediz on Friday May 10, 2024 @10:01AM (#40319097)
My experience with MathOverflow was funny, the first time I posted a question it was almost immediatly downvoted and criticized by the moderators. Later the same day, I was surprised when my question was answered by Terence Tao, then the moderators quickly changed their opinion and people started to upvote the question.
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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by renewiltord on Friday May 10, 2024 @11:54AM (#40320443)
Mathematics even worse than Software Engineering because lay practitioner can miss significance of question. If you have link to question, would appreciate. Just out of curiosity to see if I would realize why question is interesting. That in itself is a skill.
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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by mamediz on Friday May 10, 2024 @01:01PM (#40321256)
To be fair the question was kind of naive, about language, but T. Tao bother to answer and made my day. https://mathoverflow.net/questions/206544/why-do-people-use-...
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Re:Is the largest root of a random polynomial more likely to... by renewiltord on Friday May 10, 2024 @01:02PM (#40321278)
Thank you for responding. Assuaged my curiosity :)
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