This is a nice idea, in the past I worked as a maths tutor and was always on the lookout for good problems for students. (Maybe this is possible, I didn't make an account but ...) Seems like the scraped problems are a great starting point for a social platform where users can submit their own problems and upvote/downvote ranking mechanics like reddit, HN etc
Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
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Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
#32Note that the math stackexchange can also do this if searched correctly
i agree, given the fact that math stackexchange has been running for many years, it must have accumulated enough problems from its users. it will require some data cleanup but yeah the search could work.
i am also intrigued by the idea of enabling search here as pointed out by someone else here [0]
Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
#33This is a nice idea, in the past I worked as a maths tutor and was always on the lookout for good problems for students. (Maybe this is possible, I didn't make an account but ...) Seems like the scraped problems are a great starting point for a social platform where users can submit their own problems and upvote/downvote ranking mechanics like reddit, HN etc
if you are interested in checking out the codebase[0], you will find that i did make provisions in the database to account for upvotes/downvotes but i wanted to see how many people are interested in the first place before i build more user-driven features.
thank you for your feedback!
[0]: https://github.com/viveknathani/teachyourselfmath/blob/maste...
Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
#34this is great, i just wish there were solutions!
I personally (and i think many other students agree) rather to invest my study time only on problems which have solutions.
i think an approach like stackoverflow.com would be a nice idea, where anybody can ask question and then have the privilege to flag the correct answer.
or maybe a reference to the textbook which problem originally came from could be provided if you are planning to only create the problems yourself in the future.
Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
#35this is great, i just wish there were solutions! I personally (and i think many other students agree) rather to invest my study time only on problems which have solutions. i think an approach like stackoverflow.com would be a nice idea, where anybody can ask question and then have the privilege to flag the correct answer. or maybe a reference to the textbook which problem originally came from could be provided if you…
a stackoverflow-like website for math already exists.[0]
but i agree with the general sentiment of most people that the actual solution should somehow be easily accessible. i will work on this bit.
thank you for your feedback!
Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
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Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
#37What about Project Euler? https://projecteuler.net/
I solved these with Common Lisp in a really easy way :D
Basically you mirrored Math's metodology on chained functions :D
Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
#38It would be good to have the problems sorted according to difficulty or other user-defined criteria.
Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
#39Needs LaTeX support for comments
Re: Show HN: I wished for a site with a growing list of math problems, I built it
#40I awkwardly typed a solution on my phone, and submitted. Then it told me I needed to log in. Wasted effort. Should tell you sooner (when you start typing?) or not require login.