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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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