Timeline for Quantitatively speaking, which subject area in mathematics is currently the most research active? [closed]
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| Jan 5, 2010 at 22:08 | comment | added | Georges Elencwajg | A big thank you to all contributors for their very interesting answers. | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 19:19 | comment | added | David E Speyer | I don't see anything wrong with this question (as edited). It is somewhat vague, because we have to decide whether "most" means "most papers", "most pages", "most researchers" or what, but it is not so vague that there aren't good ways of addressing it. Andrew and Jose's answers gave me a better understanding of the landscape of mathematical research. | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 16:15 | history | closed |
José Figueroa-O'Farrill Ilya Nikokoshev Qiaochu Yuan user350 S. Carnahan♦ |
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| Jan 5, 2010 at 15:14 | answer | added | José Figueroa-O'Farrill | timeline score: 24 | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 14:34 | answer | added | Andrew Stacey | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 14:32 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by Ben Webster♦ | ||
| Jan 5, 2010 at 14:23 | answer | added | David E Speyer | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 14:04 | answer | added | Anonymous | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:59 | comment | added | Andrew Stacey | I decided that posting a definite answer would actually "close" the question far quicker than the usual back-and-forth debate about whether or not it was appropriate. But having posted that, I figure it's not fair for me to now vote to close as well. | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:51 | comment | added | Ilya Nikokoshev | I think this question illustrates the danger of asking well-meaning but discussionary questions. Perhaps one should reread Terry Tao's essay, arxiv.org/abs/math.HO/0702396, that discusses different notions of what "being active area" might mean. The question, imho, needs still more details to benefit everyone. | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:44 | comment | added | Gil Kalai | This question (before and after editing) in not appropriate for mathoverflow. This is also inaprpriate editing since the edited question is rather different (and less interesting). | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:43 | answer | added | Andrew Stacey | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:32 | answer | added | Deane Yang | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:30 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | @Grétar: sounds reasonable to me. | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:30 | comment | added | José Figueroa-O'Farrill | OK -- the rephrased question is more sensible. I objected to the "fashionable" mostly. And also from the assumption that MathOverflow is somehow a representative sample of mathematicians. | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:25 | comment | added | GMRA | I agreed with José but after your edit Pete, I agree with you. | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:23 | history | edited | Pete L. Clark | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:20 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | I disagree. Phrased more sharply (e.g. along the lines of my preliminary response below) it is appropriate: it is a question which is of interest to mathematicians and which has at least one answer. May we keep it open a little while to see what transpires? | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:18 | answer | added | Pete L. Clark | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:09 | comment | added | José Figueroa-O'Farrill | This is not an appropriate question to MathOverflow. Please read the FAQ before posting so that you get an idea of what is a good question: mathoverflow.net/howtoask.html | |
| Jan 5, 2010 at 12:03 | history | asked | Piotr Miłoś | CC BY-SA 2.5 |