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Line 1: '''Math Overflow''' is an [[interactive]] [[mathematics]] [[website]], which serves both as a [[collaborative blog]] and an [[online community]] of [[mathematician]]s. It allows users to ask questions, submit answers, and rate both, all while getting [[brownie points]] for their activities. It is modeled after [[Stack Overflow]], a similar forum for computer programming questions, and uses the [[Stack Overflow#StackExchange\|StackExchange]] software engine. [[Terence Tao]] characterized it as "venerable newsgroup ''sci.math'', but with more modern, '[[Web 2.0]]' features."<ref>[http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ Math Overflow], Terence Tao blog, 20 October, 2009.</ref> [[John C. Baez]] writes that "website 'Math Overflow' has become a universal clearinghouse for math questions".<ref>[[John C. Baez]], [http://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf Math Blogs], ''[[Notices of the AMS]]'', March 2010.</ref> According to [[Gil Kalai]], Math Overflow "is ran [sic] by an energetic and impressive group of very (very very) young people".<ref>[http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ Math Overflow], Gil Kalai's blog, November 13, 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#Polymath_project\|PolyMath project]].<ref>[http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ Why Math Overflow works, and why it might not], Jordan Ellenberg's blog, 17 October, 2009.</ref> == Origin == The website was started by [[UC Berkeley\|Berkeley]] graduate students and postdocs Anton Geraschenko, David Brown, and Scott Morrison in October 2009.<ref>[http://sbseminar.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/math-overflow/ Math Overflow], ''Secret Blogging Seminar'' post, October 14, 2009.</ref> The first version of the website did not support [[LaTeX]] markup for mathematical formulas, which was added later. The hosting is supported by [[Ravi Vakil]].<ref>[http://mathoverflow.net/faq#about Math Overflow Frequently Asked Questions].</ref> == Quotes == [[Terence Tao]] characterized it as "venerable newsgroup ''sci.math'', but with more modern, '[[Web 2.0]]' features."<ref>[http://terrytao.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/math-overflow/ Math Overflow], Terence Tao blog, 20 October, 2009.</ref> [[John C. Baez]] writes that "website 'Math Overflow' has become a universal clearinghouse for math questions".<ref>[[John C. Baez]], [http://www.ams.org/notices/201003/rtx100300333p.pdf Math Blogs], ''[[Notices of the AMS]]'', March 2010.</ref> According to [[Gil Kalai]], Math Overflow "is ran [sic] by an energetic and impressive group of very (very very) young people".<ref>[http://gilkalai.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/math-overflow/ Math Overflow], Gil Kalai's blog, November 13, 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#Polymath_project\|PolyMath project]].<ref>[http://quomodocumque.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/why-math-overflow-works-and-why-it-might-not/ Why Math Overflow works, and why it might not], Jordan Ellenberg's blog, 17 October, 2009.</ref> == See also ==

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