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Tutorial: How to use TeX/MathJax to render math notation?
Bra-ket notation
Related: "How does bra-ket notation work?".
Bra: $\left< x \right|$
\left< x \right|
Ket: $\left| x \right>$
...
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A new close reason: non-mainstream
This is a good idea. Questions and answers here need to be about quantum computing, which I suggest should be understood to refer to the mainstream understanding of quantum physics and computing. ...
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Homework questions, and what to do about them
I'd argue that the only restriction on homework questions should be effort. If there is a decent amount of effort, then they should be allowed. If it's just a picture out of a textbook, then that can ...
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Are resource request questions allowed?
Yes, these are allowed, but with parameters
I think a good policy to follow is that of Physics Stack Exchange:
Resource recommendations must ask for descriptive answers. It's not enough to ask for a ...
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Why does the Quantum Computing site look different?
The real question isn't just why the Quantum Computing site looks different, it's
Why doesn't the Quantum Computing site have a 'beta' marker?
Does it mean that it's not a beta site? Does it mean ...
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Tutorial: How to use TeX/MathJax to render math notation?
QCircuit / XYJax / Xy-Pic:
Qcircuit is a set of macros to generate quantum ciruits, it uses a couple of accessory extensions and works with MathJax.
Here's an example (written using Tex, over at ...
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Should we entertain career advice questions and have a [career-advice] tag?
I personally think these questions should be off-topic.
Career advice is inherently strongly dependent on the specific situation at hand, and I struggle to see why these kinds of questions should be ...
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How to write a good question?
Guidance for new contributors:
Read through the help/on-topic and help/how-to-ask pages to make sure your question is answerable and on-topic for our site, in the first place. Also review the Q&...
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Homework questions, and what to do about them
I think that trying to do something about 'homework' is a bad idea. That is, I suggest to not even attempt to see if some post is homework and simply judge it on its quality as it appears.
However, ...
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What is the scope of Quantum Computing SE?
To reiterate my point in the other question, I think the scope should be quantum information, mostly including the subfields listed in the wiki page on quantum information science (though I do not ...
glSMod
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Homework questions, and what to do about them
I'd say that its most important for users to ask interesting questions. Their motivation behind it is not so important.
Homework problems can certainly be interesting, but I think it takes a little ...
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Tutorial: How to use TeX/MathJax to render math notation?
Basics of typesetting in MathJax
Mathematics Stack Exchange has a MathJax basic tutorial and quick reference but they are free to alter or delete it without consulting us. Let's have our own, using ...
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What is the scope of Quantum Computing SE?
I read through @MEE and @glS' answers. Both have given some excellent points. I've taken those and added some of my own. I'm making this a community wiki post so that other users can edit this answer ...
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How should we deal with blatantly incorrect, misleading and non-mainstream answers?
I think in this particular case, the OP has not set out with an agenda to mislead or to promote some non-mainstream theory, there's just something they've misunderstood. Then it's the community's job ...
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How to find out if a tag is good to create or have?
Here's a 12-point test for creating a new tag, say X. It is mostly an extension of the MAR Tag Test™!
Does X have a universally unambiguous meaning?
Does there exist a published paper (in a reputable ...
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How should we deal with blatantly incorrect, misleading and non-mainstream answers?
I like the top answer to the question linked to (in the comments) on chemistry a lot. I also go to the meta post How do I properly use the “Not an Answer” flag?
The main thing to take from the above ...
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How to write a good question?
Some other random points I can think of:
Search before asking
Perform at least 5 different searches on Google, this Stack Exchange and https://arxiv.org.
Read your post loud.
This might help you to ...
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Tutorial: How to use TeX/MathJax to render math notation?
Typesetting chemistry in MathJax
Source: Quantum Computing SE meta: Formatting chemical formulae and reactions
The LaTeX package mhchem is not activated here, ...
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What is the scope of Quantum Computing SE?
I want to suggest this wording as a starting point for further discussion and the final text:
help/on-topic
The general rule is that you can ask all answerable questions about
quantum computing. ...
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Why does the Quantum Computing site look different?
On the off-chance that this works: is it possible to ask for a minor implementation of the design in Community Ads format? The logo looks nice but that font looks hard to replicate without ...
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Should we entertain career advice questions and have a [career-advice] tag?
Quantum computing is an extremely obscure field and there is a lot of "pop science" excitement over it. I think it's pretty unclear for students what is the right trajectory to actually do ...
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PSA: Disclosing affiliation, defining spam, and using spam flags
I'll add some points:
Do not cite your own paper, website, blog, software, etc. unless it is actually relevant to the topic of the thread. In case you decide to go ahead and cite, whether in a post ...
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A new close reason: non-mainstream
I'd like to add a couple of points which I believe are mostly uncontroversial:
Papers from shady or predatory journals like the Beall's List journals would also classify as non-mainstream sources. ...
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