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The website was started by [[UC Berkeley|Berkeley]] graduate students and postdocs Anton Geraschenko, David Brown, and Scott Morrison on 28 September 2009.<ref>Jared Keller, [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/09/beyond-facebook-how-the-worlds-mathematicians-organize-online/63422/ Beyond Facebook: How the World's Mathematicians Organize Online], ''[[The Atlantic]]'', 28 September 2010</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 MathOverflow Frequently Asked Questions].</ref>
=== Naming ===
According to MathOverflow FAQ, the proper spelling is "MathOverflow" rather than "Math Overflow".
== 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>
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== See also ==
* [[nLab]]
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