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=Discussion=
 
=Discussion=
  
For multiplication in latex, use \cdot instead of *. Nice work you've been doing.  --[[User:JBL|JBL]] 19:38, 12 February 2007 (EST)
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== Note ==
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I am testing a short greasemonkey script to (semi-)automatically format contest articles, under the hope that this can make the articles here consistent and easily accessible. Apologies for the flood of edits; comments and suggestions are greatly welcomed. <font style="font-family:Georgia,sans-serif">[[User:Azjps|azjps]] ([[User talk:Azjps|<font color="green">talk</font>]])</font> 05:33, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
  
Nope, it's me -- I counted the case where all three are divisible by 125 4 times instead of 1.  I'm fixing now.--[[User:JBL|JBL]] 20:19, 15 February 2007 (EST)
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== Cone ==
  
Don't bother using a delete template, just delete it unless you think it'd be controversial. It's not like it can't be undone if we want.--[[User:Solafidefarms|solafidefarms]] 14:51, 8 March 2007 (EST)
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Hi Azjps,  thanks for the cones!  Two (hopefully minor) requests: right now, both cones seem really large.  It is possible to make them smaller or put them in a box to the side or something?  Also, in the oblique cone, the segment labeled <math>r</math> shouldn't be, but it might be nice to include an actual radius of the circle in the picture, too.
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Thanks!  --[[User:JBL|JBL]] 23:21, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
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: Wonderful, looks beautiful, thanks! --[[User:JBL|JBL]] 23:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
  
:Delete as in blank? Only sysops have deletion powers. (I guess I'm too into organization) [[User:Azjps|Azjps]] ([[User talk:Azjps|<font color="green">talk</font>]]) 15:35, 8 March 2007 (EST)
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== "Refers to" ==
  
Hi, the boxes are very nice.  However, it really is excessive to have a category for each contest, don't you think?  If you want a problem from the AIME for a certain year, you go to the page 1984 AIME Problems/Problem 2 or something—it's already pretty well organized that way.  The category "Math Contest Problems" gets you to any contest's directory of problems on the wikiIf you want problems from a certain subject area, you use categories like Olympiad Geometry Problems, Intermediate Number Theory Problems, Introductory Algebra Problems. &mdash;[[User:Boy Soprano II|Boy Soprano II]] 14:30, 3 April 2007 (EDT)
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Hi Azjps, you've been doing a lot of nice workI have one minor recurring complaint: you begin a lot of articles with a phrase like, "An invariant refers to ...."  This doesn't make senseThere are (at least) two possible alternatives: one is, "The term invariant refers to ..." and the other is, "An invariant is ...."  I personally prefer the latter, as it's substantially more directAnyhow, this is obviously not a huge deal, but I just thought I'd mention it.  --[[User:JBL|JBL]] 23:38, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
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:Thanks for the comment, I will remember to do so. Also, not sure what I was thinking with that "r" label, haha. <font style="font-family:Georgia,sans-serif">[[User:Azjps|azjps]] ([[User talk:Azjps|<font color="green">talk</font>]])</font> 23:52, 2 March 2010 (UTC)
  
Hmmm... I can't view the source for that page. Why is it messed up?
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== Help ==
  
== Creating redirects ==
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I've been on this website many times before and need help with some maths questions. I wasn't sure who to ask for help, so I just chose an admin.
  
When you create a redirect from a blank article (e.g. [[internally tangent]]) to an article to which it is vaguely related (e.g. [[tangent line]]), you actually do a disservice: anyone who comes across the link to "internally tangent" won't realize that there actually is no article there, and anyone who clicks on the link will be sent to a place they don't really want to be.  If you aren't going to write a stub, just leave it empty.  --[[User:JBL|JBL]] 18:22, 28 April 2007 (EDT)
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Well here are two problems I need help with:
  
:Good point, though I guess its not as bad as calling a [[dodecahedron]] a 12-sided polygon. (I’ll stick to the [[USAMO]] as my excuse). I was thinking more of redirecting the variations of tangent to a page like [[tangent (geometry)]], and when I saw the [[tangent]] disambiguation page I figured I would redirect it to [[tangent line]] and someday move that article to [[tangent (geometry)]]. By the way, is there anything better we can put for [[contradiction]] outside of [[proof by contradiction]]? <font style="font-family:Georgia,sans-serif">[[User:Azjps|Azjps]] ([[User talk:Azjps|<font color="green">talk</font>]])</font> 15:15, 1 May 2007 (EDT)
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1. Given five distinct points A, B, C, P, Q in the plane, no three are collinear. Prove that
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AB + BC + CA + PQ < AP + AQ + BP + BQ + CP + CQ.
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2. (p, q) is the gcd of p and q. Find all positive integers x, y, z such that
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x+y = (x, y)^2
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y+z = (y, z)^2
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z+x = (z, x)^2
  
== Template ==
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Thanks! Can you tell me a bit about how the wiki works? I'm not really sure and it's so big I don't really know what to do.
  
You copied it from wikipedia? Meh, still pretty nice find. But I thought we were not allowed to copy from GNU sites, as AoPS doesn't agree to that license. Unless it's from MediaWiki originally? [[User:Temperal|Temperal]] 20:43, 17 September 2007 (EDT)
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==User page gone==
:Okay, that's all settled then. About the talk page: That's rather strange. What browser? [[User:Temperal|Temperal]] 16:21, 18 September 2007 (EDT)
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I was using my user page to test character capacity, and apparently I typed in too much characters, because now it says that the page cannot be found.
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[http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Wiki/index.php/User:Bobthesmartypants]
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Thanks if you fix it.
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~bob
  
== AIME resources ==
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Uh, I sort of lost the link to the AoPS AIME resources not on the Wiki. Could you tell me what it is? [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 21:46, 7 October 2007 (EDT)
 
 
 
:See my comments on the talk page. [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 19:02, 12 October 2007 (EDT)
 
 
 
== Page 10 of PSR ==
 
 
 
[[User:Temperal/The Problem Solver's Resource10]]
 
 
 
Could you work on that for me? I don't know much about integrals other than some basic rules and the Residue Theorem. Thanks! [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 11:47, 13 October 2007 (EDT)
 
 
 
:Actually, never mind. I found a textbook that I'll use as a reference. Thanks anyways! [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 16:15, 13 October 2007 (EDT)
 
 
 
== WikiProject Mathematics Competitions ==
 
 
 
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Mathematics_Competitions]
 
 
 
I created this WikiProject, and I thought members of AoPS would be interested. Plus, you know a lot about the mechanics of wikis, so I thought I'd ask you to join. [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 15:15, 20 October 2007 (EDT)
 
 
 
== Sysopped ==
 
 
 
Just thought to notify you, you've been sysopped. [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 16:43, 23 November 2007 (EST)
 
 
 
:Might be a silly question, but are you [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AndyZ this user]? [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 22:23, 24 November 2007 (EST)
 
::I thought so; a random sysop joining the WP didn't seem very likely to me. By the way, nice [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/AndyZ RfA]. First 0 oppose and 0 neutral I've seen... [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 18:30, 26 November 2007 (EST)
 
 
 
== Re:Complex number category ==
 
 
 
Well, if we could get that specific, we would have such obscure categories like Intermediate Group Theory Problems, Olympiad Graph Theory Problems, etc.
 
 
 
Everything would get quite cluttered. I think it's best to keep to the basic cover-all categories. [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 15:49, 1 December 2007 (EST)
 
 
 
I was going through that particular AMC 10 (I had done it for practice and was checking my answers), when I noticed I was somehow on an AMC 12 page. I was pretty confused, and it took almost ten minutes for me to figure out what had happened. If you can post a notice on the page explaining it for users who may be confused by the mixup, then I'll agree with you. [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 21:10, 1 December 2007 (EST)
 
 
 
== Chess tournament started ==
 
 
 
Your game is right here: http://www.artofproblemsolving.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?t=177812
 
 
 
I thought I would notify you here since you're much more active on the Wiki than the forums.  
 
 
 
I don't really have time to notify all 50-something participants of the tournament, so could you notify your teammates? [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 12:28, 8 December 2007 (EST)
 
:I have done so, thanks for the notification. <font style="font-family:Georgia,sans-serif">[[User:Azjps|Azjps]] ([[User talk:Azjps|<font color="green">talk</font>]])</font> 17:01, 10 December 2007 (EST)
 
 
 
== AotD ==
 
 
 
You have every right to choose new AotDs. If I forget or something, you can just choose one for me. You have more experience in that respect anyhow. [[User:Temperal|Temperal]]<span style="color:red"><small><sup>[[User Talk:Temperal|xy]]</sup></small></span> 21:11, 10 December 2007 (EST)
 

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Discussion

Note

I am testing a short greasemonkey script to (semi-)automatically format contest articles, under the hope that this can make the articles here consistent and easily accessible. Apologies for the flood of edits; comments and suggestions are greatly welcomed. azjps (talk) 05:33, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

Cone

Hi Azjps, thanks for the cones! Two (hopefully minor) requests: right now, both cones seem really large. It is possible to make them smaller or put them in a box to the side or something? Also, in the oblique cone, the segment labeled $r$ shouldn't be, but it might be nice to include an actual radius of the circle in the picture, too. Thanks! --JBL 23:21, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Wonderful, looks beautiful, thanks! --JBL 23:58, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

"Refers to"

Hi Azjps, you've been doing a lot of nice work. I have one minor recurring complaint: you begin a lot of articles with a phrase like, "An invariant refers to ...." This doesn't make sense. There are (at least) two possible alternatives: one is, "The term invariant refers to ..." and the other is, "An invariant is ...." I personally prefer the latter, as it's substantially more direct. Anyhow, this is obviously not a huge deal, but I just thought I'd mention it. --JBL 23:38, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment, I will remember to do so. Also, not sure what I was thinking with that "r" label, haha. azjps (talk) 23:52, 2 March 2010 (UTC)

Help

I've been on this website many times before and need help with some maths questions. I wasn't sure who to ask for help, so I just chose an admin.

Well here are two problems I need help with:

1. Given five distinct points A, B, C, P, Q in the plane, no three are collinear. Prove that AB + BC + CA + PQ < AP + AQ + BP + BQ + CP + CQ. 2. (p, q) is the gcd of p and q. Find all positive integers x, y, z such that x+y = (x, y)^2 y+z = (y, z)^2 z+x = (z, x)^2

Thanks! Can you tell me a bit about how the wiki works? I'm not really sure and it's so big I don't really know what to do.

User page gone

I was using my user page to test character capacity, and apparently I typed in too much characters, because now it says that the page cannot be found. [1] Thanks if you fix it. ~bob

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