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What are votes?

Some contributions inside the catalogue branches are sorted by votes for three different criteria: mathematical correctness, preciseness and beauty. Each of these values is used to calculate a weighted average value used for sorting. The criteria can be assessed independently by users of our community. This can be done more then once. However, a new vote of a user will overwrite her/his old one, so that always only one vote per user is taken into account.

Why are your votes and the votes of others so useful?

A unique feature of the Book of Proofs is its diversity. This means that users can submit more then one contribution of the same type related to the same subject. As a prominent example, the wiki might contain more then one mathematical proof of a theorem. Other examples are: multiple explanations, motivations, applications, etc.

In all these cases your votes come into play. Here's how:

• Mathematical correctness: The lack of obvious errors in the mathematical reasoning inside a contribution will give it an advantage compared to other postings.
• Mathematical preciseness: In a nutshell, abstract reasoning and mathematical facts will bring better rankings than heuristic guides and deductive argumentation.
• Mathematical beauty: Well, agreed! This criterion is quite subjective. Usually, the more insight a contribution provides, the more beautiful it is said to be.

As a contribution in the wiki gets edited by more and more co-authors, it's quality might change with time. This means that its mathematical correctness, preciseness and beauty might also change with time, so can do your subsequent assessments.

Make it count and give your votes to improve this wiki!

Even if you are neither going to post nor to review contributions posted to this wiki, you can significantly improve its quality and usefulness for you and all other users by assessing the above-mentioned criteria. All you have to do is to sign up for free and vote for contributions you find interesting in this wiki.