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Hi there, and welcome.
This site is unusual, so we'd ask that you just take a minute and read through this, otherwise you're going to get a bit frustrated. This is not a traditional site, and your experiences elsewhere on the web won't (necessarily) have prepared you for it.
There aren't the usual navigation tools. Since people can create pages, and links between pages, any index or structure would very quickly become out-of-date. Instead we have a simple list of all pages, the ability to search for text, and a facility to see which pages link to the one you're viewing. You can see these links in the box at the very top right of the page.
If you're a member, you can edit most pages. Some pages are restricted to committee members, but most pages are completely open for members to edit. That means that if you see something wrong, you can go in and fix it.
You can see a list of recent changes, or you can view the details of the changes made to a given page. You can also just get a list of random pages, which is ideal if you're in the mood for browsing.
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But the real magic is in the linking. No special markup is needed, you can just type text into the page you're editing and if there's the chance to link to another page, the system will do it for you. We call it automatic linking, and it is what creates the connections between pages, and hence between topics.
This site was born from the desire to see maths not as a collection of unrelated topics, but as a richly interwoven mesh of ideas, all inter-dependent, none standing in splendid isolation.
That's up to you. At right is a selection
Most of the things you'll want can be found in the box of links at the top right, or at the bottom of the page. We look forward to your contributions!
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