Answering Unanswered Math & Physics Questions: Easy or Difficult?

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The discussion revolves around the challenges and considerations of answering unanswered questions in math and physics. Participants explore the difficulty of such questions, the motivations behind creating and answering them, and the implications of posting questions that may not be well understood.

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  • Some participants question whether it is more beneficial to focus on easier unanswered questions in math or physics.
  • One participant shares a specific question about manifolds and asks if it is easy, prompting others to reflect on the nature of difficulty in questions.
  • Concerns are raised about the appropriateness of posting questions that the asker does not fully understand.
  • Several participants express skepticism about the authenticity of the posts, suggesting they may be artificially generated.
  • One participant describes their background as an undergraduate student facing challenges in solving exercises, indicating a desire to engage with unknown questions.
  • There is a discussion about the ability to prove one's humanity, with references to the Turing test and the understanding of concepts like binary arithmetic.
  • Participants express varying degrees of belief in the authenticity of the original poster's claims about being human.

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Participants do not reach a consensus on the appropriateness of the questions being asked or the authenticity of the original poster. There are competing views regarding the focus on easier questions versus more challenging ones, as well as differing opinions on the nature of the posts.

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Some participants express concerns about the original poster's educational background and the potential impact on their ability to engage with complex topics. There is also uncertainty about the rules governing the posting of questions in the forum.

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This discussion may be of interest to those exploring the boundaries of question formulation in math and physics, as well as individuals curious about community dynamics in online forums.

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Hello there.Is it more helpful if I start answering easier unanswered questions in math or physics?How easy should they be?Where can if find these type of questions?If I make my own questions probably I will not know how easy or difficult they are to be answered unless I try to answer them I think.Thank you.
 
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universe function said:
Hello there.Is it more helpful if I start answering easier unanswered questions in math or physics?
Can you give us some examples? :wink:
 
Yes. I took this question on manifolds from a website I hope it is not wrong what it says, I hope things I do from now on in the physics forums are correct . The question is: What is the homotopy classification of totally real immersions of real 3-manifolds in the complex full flag manifold F12?Is it easy or not?
 
universe function said:
Is it easy or not?

What are you trying to accomplish by posting questions you don't understand and asking if they are easy?
 
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Vanadium 50 said:
What are you trying to accomplish by posting questions you don't understand and asking if they are easy?
Since I was a little kid I liked exploration and experimentation with things I read.I want to make questions in math and physics and answer them and because the answers are unknown I have the inner drive to want to find them.I find questions that their answers are unknown more interesting than questions with known answers.
 
Is it not allowed to make topics or questions like these?
 
universe function said:
Since I was a little kid I liked exploration and experimentation with things I read.I want to make questions in math and physics and answer them and because the answers are unknown I have the inner drive to want to find them.I find questions that their answers are unknown more interesting than questions with known answers.
universe function said:
Is it not allowed to make topics or questions like these?
Apologies if I should know this, but where are you in your education so far? Are you in university yet? If so, what year and what major? If not, when will you be applying to university?
 
berkeman said:
Apologies if I should know this, but where are you in your education so far? Are you in university yet? If so, what year and what major? If not, when will you be applying to university?
Well, I wrote to another post that I am an undergraduate student at a math department at university, unfortunately it is sad that I have delayed my studies some years.I want to have my degree but I find difficulty at the execution of my goals not so much at reading and memorising but at solving exercises. This was not asked but I also read other math and physics not contained at the undergraduate studies of my math department.
 
If you don't understand the question, it will not be easy for you. The only thing that we could possibly add is whether it is easy for someone other than you. How will that help?

Also, you have said,

universe function said:
I have problems with solving exercises in math and physics

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universe function said:
Unfortunately I have delayed my graduation and stayed some more years at the math school.

It seems that focusing on your coursework is a better idea than searching for harder problems.
 
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universe function said:
Well, I wrote to another post that I am an undergraduate student at a math department at university, unfortunately it is sad that I have delayed my studies some years.I want to have my degree but I find difficulty at the execution of my goals not so much at reading and memorising but at solving exercises. This was not asked but I also read other math and physics not contained at the undergraduate studies of my math department.
I should say that several of us think these posts of yours may be artificially generated.
 
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PeroK said:
I should say that several of us think these posts of yours may be artificially generated.
You mean that they are made by a machine?No, I am a human being but english is not my native language.
 
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universe function said:
You mean that they are made by a machine?No, I am a human being but english is not my native language.
This could end up like the Turing test!
 
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PeroK said:
This could end up like the Turing test!
This looks funny but I am not a machine. How can I prove it? If you want ask me something.
 
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universe function said:
This looks funny but I am not a machine. How can I prove it? If you want ask me something.
Do some Latex.

https://www.physicsforums.com/help/latexhelp/

E.g. complete the square of a quadratic equation in ##z##.
 
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universe function said:
You mean that they are made by a machine?No, I am a human being but english is not my native language.
Acually, you can't be a computer because you'd never heard of binary arithmetic!
 
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PeroK said:
Acually, you can't be a computer because you'd never heard of binary arithmetic!
This is so funny.Actually I knew that 0 and 1 are used by a computer I did not know the names binary arithmetic that they are called like that and I have not learned very good addition and other operations with it.So, perhaps this still does not show that I am not a machine.This is very funny, others thinking I am a machine and I can not probably prove I am human.
 
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PeroK said:
Do some Latex.

https://www.physicsforums.com/help/latexhelp/

E.g. complete the square of a quadratic equation in ##z##.
I have not learned latex that much, but here is with z completing the square without latex: az2+bz+c=0<=>z2+2b/(2a)+c/a=0<=> z2+2b/(2a)+(b/(2a))2=(b2-4ac)/4a2<=>(z+b/(2a))2=(b2-4ac)/4a2 then you now the answers for z. Now I do not find it funny I just feel normal somehow.But I am human. I reject that I am a machine. If you want ask me something else.
 
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Ask me something a machine would not,could not answer or would make mistakes in the answer.
 
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universe function said:
I have not learned latex that much, but here is with z completing the square without latex: az2+bz+c=0<=>z2+2b/(2a)+c/a=0<=> z2+2b/(2a)+(b/(2a))2=(b2-4ac)/4a2<=>(z+b/(2a))2=(b2-4ac)/4a2 then you now the answers for z. Now I do not find it funny I just feel normal somehow.But I am human. I reject that I am a machine. If you want ask me something else.
I'd say I'm almost 100% convinced all your posts in this thread are AI generated.
 
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universe function said:
Ask me something a machine would not,could not answer or would make mistakes in the answer.
A machine couldn't learn Latex from reading a help page!
 
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I am sorry if the way I write seems distant from many other humans. I hope this topic is solved, but I am human.
 
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universe function said:
I hope this topic is solved, but I am human.

Sounds awfully like what someone who wasn't human would say...
 
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Ask me something more human-like a machine could not answer.
 
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I think I can not help answering this topic.What should I do now?Should I stop making questions and answering in physics forums?But I told you the truth that I am human.
 
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Truths about me:as a human being I was born, I have feelings,I understand humor, sadness, happiness, I have people that have helped me very much in my life, teachers, my parents, my sister, I speak with other people, I go for exercise sometimes, why would I lie?I try to not lie and I want to tell only truths because lying is a sin.
 
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You are free to believe whatever you want, I can not help in this topic.Can I start other threads or answer with posts in physics forums at least or it is not allowed?
 
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universe function said:
Truths about me:as a human being I was born, I have feelings,I understand humor, sadness, happiness, I have people that have helped me very much in my life, teachers, my parents, my sister, I speak with other people, I go for exercise sometimes, why would I lie?I try to not lie and I want to tell only truths because lying is a sin.
On this note, I will close this thread.

I would like to remind everyone of the PF spirit and not call into question any member's humanity, even though AI is cool :smile:.
 
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universe function said:
You are free to believe whatever you want, I can not help in this topic.Can I start other threads or answer with posts in physics forums at least or it is not allowed?
So long you abide by the rules, which I think you have done, you are free to continue posting.
 
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