Talk:Mathematical problem
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This page is seriously broken. I marked it as a stub, and removed the more ridiculous comments. A formal game-theoretic notion of what a mathematical problem is seemed totally out of place. And the comment about computing the decimal expansion of pi were ridiculous. The article needs a little attention. Rybu
[edit] Computing π
I stand corrected. Computing π is not in the same class of problems as the ones on this page. My reference was a book (titled the "The Puzzle Master" and published by Time Life) about computers and using them to solve real world problems and puzzles. The quote on page 35, was
"Of all mathemetical puzzles, the one that has absorbed scholars the longest is the calculation of π".
I'll be avoiding mathematics topics from now on, leaving them for those who have a much better understanding of all things numerical. - Shiftchange 00:29, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Backlinks
I've organised some of this articles backlinks below.
- Examples - Travelling salesman problem, Clock angle problem, Teakettle principle, Kato's conjecture
- Economics - Mathematical economics, Social welfare function, History of economic thought, Justice (economics), Consumer theory
- Other - Journal of Recreational Mathematics, Stanford Achievement Test Series, Algebraic modeling language
I'd suggest an Example and Economics sections might by appropriate. Hopefully someone else might incorporate the most relevant into the article. - Shiftchange 00:37, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Introduction
The introduction to this article, "A mathematical problem is a problem of a mathematical nature," is completely redundant and tells the reader nothing. I would modify it but I can't think of a better version, so I'm just pointing it out in the hopes that someone else will be able to improve it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.254.17 (talk) 02:08, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
