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22:08, Dec 28, 2004 (UTC)

=Categorization=

I noticed you have added K-theory to the top level mathematics category. Do you have any specific reason for doing so It was already listed in several mathematical subcategories.

See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization#When_to_use_categories] : An article should not be in both a category and its subcategory, e.g. Microsoft Office is in Category:Microsoft software, so should not also be in Category:Software. Note: An exception would be an article that defines a category, and so is itself a parent article of subtopics as well as one in a series of like topics - for instance, placing Ohio in both Category:Political divisions of the United States and Category:Ohio. Another example would be cities for which there are categories: New York City belongs in both Category:Cities in New York and in Category:New York City.

13:09, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

:I have no opinion on 19:56, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

=Essential spectrum -- declared math-stub=

Thanks! I forgot about puting the stub thing. By the way, I already know somebody who is willing to expand that article one day. 16:27, 1 Jan 2005 (UTC)

=Grey College, Durham motto=

With my very limited knowledge I would have thought ascendimus was best translated as we ascend . My Latin is virtually non-existent so I won t revert you, but perhaps you could point out where I m going wrong here. I would have thought ascending would be something like ascendens . Cheers. — 02:51, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)

You are right that the -imus ending means that a literal translation would be either we are ascending by degrees or we ascend by degrees . However, given the the pun of the motto, just ascending by degrees is probably the best translation. Perhaps it would be best to add in an explantaion

:Thanks for clearing this up. I don t think there s any need to note this in the article, as it s only of minor consequence for anyone wanting to know about the college, but I ll copy this exchange to the discussion page in case anyone else wonders about this. Thanks again. — 00:07, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

= New Mathematics Wikiportal =

I noticed you ve done some work on Mathematics articles. I wanted to point out to you the new page. I m looking for any math-related stubs or non-existant articles that you would like to see on Wikipedia. Additionally, I wondered if you d be willing to help out on some of the Collaboration of the Week pages.

I encourage you to vote on the current Collaboration of the Week, because I m very interested in which articles you think need to be written or added to, and because I understand that I cannot do the enormous amount of work required on some of the Math stubs alone. I m asking for your help, and also your critiques on the way the portal is set up.

Please direct all comments to 02:54, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC)

= Template:Footy-stub =

Leaving eng-club-stub in... No, it s pretty cluttering. At least in my opinion. -- 13:45, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

= Anglican chant =

Thank you for your excellent work on this article. I just happened to be doing some reading on Psalm settings today and found it very helpful. 02:20, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

= Rest (music) =

Your summary of notation looks very interesting. One query - you state that a semibreve rest for a whole bar s pause is used everywhere except in 4/2 time. Am I right in thinking that in 3/2 time a dotted semibreve rest is used Also, surely time signatures such as 6/2, 8/2 etc could potentially be used and was also not take a semibreve rest thanks, 10:30, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

: (Taking the liberty of answering since Tompw hasn t yet) For 3/2 time I ve seen it both ways, either with or without the dot. I ve not seen music in 6/2 or 8/2 time signatures. 6/8 or 6/4 yes, and 12/8, but not 6/2. I don t think I ve seen anything in 8 beats to the measure. Such unusual time signatures may exist, but they don t really have established notational conventions, except perhaps in theory. 16:55, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Actually, I replied in 17:19, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)

::Thank you for updating the image on 16:14, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

= New Mathematics Project Participants List =

In case you didn t follow the discussion on into a table. It is now alphabetical, includes links to the participant s talk page and contribution list, and has a field for Areas of Interest . Since your name is on the list, I thought you might want to check and/or update your entry.

Regards, 16:17, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

=Areas of mathematics=

Hi,

I replied on my own talk page ... I did have a question. (Wish WP would automatically mirror the entire conversation between all the talk pages of the various participants. That would make this conversation less akward). 03:56, 13 July 2005 (UTC)

=Monty Hall problem=

Excellent diagram. I m sure that it still won t convince some. Oh well, at least we tried. 22:37, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Hi, this is my first edit (I just made an account). Great diagram, but I think you may have made a small error. When the contestant has orignally chosen the car and the host shows G1 or G2 and then the contestant switches, he should get the other goat. Your diagram shows the contestant switching to the goat that host has shown, something which I *hope* would never happen. Other than that nitpick, good work. ~Jurvis

That s now been fixed... got the far right G1 and G2 the wrong way round.

:*I know that this may be an imposition but, what if at the bottom of the tree, the switcher legs were of a different length than the non-switcher legs. That may add emphasis to the distinction as one could scan horizontally to observe each result. Respectfully, 20:02, 24 July 2005 (UTC) **Following your suggestion, I tried it, and I personally feel it doesnt clarify things. 20:21, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

::*Ok, I just thought it might help, Respectfully, 03:26, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

=Please vote on list of lists , a featured list candidate=

Please vote at 20:44, 13 October 2005 (UTC) : Will do, but my IP co-incides has been auto-blocked (hopefully temporarily), as it conincides with that of a banned user. I think this because I am using a computer at my university to access Wikipedia. 22:30, 13 October 2005 (UTC) : What I ll say.... Strong support. According to What is a featured list , it should feature Wikipedia s best work and represent what is unique about Wikipedia (agree); be useful (I find it so), comprehensive (very), factually accurate (definately), stable (seems to be), and well-organised (I can find what I want quickly). It should also be uncontroversial (it doesn t get less uncontroversial than this article). It could with a better intro, the pics need tweaking to fit in with the text better, and it could some more would be nice. 22:30, 13 October 2005 (UTC)