Contribute to Brilliant: Problem Submission

Hi,

Thank you for the new feature! I see, though, "answer must be between 0 and 999". This is not true for Physics.

Sincerely, ~ Ahaan

This discussion board is a place to discuss our Daily Challenges and the math and science related to those challenges. Explanations are more than just a solution — they should explain the steps and thinking strategies that you used to obtain the solution. Comments should further the discussion of math and science.

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Remember to wrap math in `$` ... `$` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$

Comments

Like everything else, the user submitted problems feature is a work in progress and will continue to evolve. The constraint of integers between 0-999 insures that any problems you submit can be very efficiently integrated into our problem sets. It is also the version that we could make the quickest. If this feature seems popular, we will happily expand the types of answers that can be received so you can write more typical physics problems.

We look forward to reading the problems that all of you submit, and celebrating the contributions of the interesting people that use Brilliant.org.

Don't be shy. Send us a problem that you think is beautiful.

Peter Taylor Staff - 8 years, 2 months ago

Will we be awarded points for submission?

Zi Song Yeoh - 8 years, 2 months ago

Yes. As its mentioned you'll be "showered with points"

Abhishek De - 8 years, 2 months ago

Yes, we will consider each problem submission on a case by case basis. If we choose to feature a submitted problem, we will assign it a point value based on it's difficulty and then multiply that amount by some factor to be awarded to the author/sharer.

Peter Taylor Staff - 8 years, 2 months ago

@Peter Taylor – Thanks

Zi Song Yeoh - 8 years, 2 months ago

Hello, thank you for the response! Also, one of my problems got selected in a problem set this week, but I didn't get points for it. This is probably because I submitted it to Calvin before this feature was added. Is that why?

Thank you!

Ahaan Rungta - 8 years, 2 months ago

Like it!

Andrias Meisyal - 8 years, 2 months ago

If I submitted a problem this week, and it is not featured next week, does that mean it will never be featured?

Zi Song Yeoh - 8 years, 2 months ago

Hey Zi Song, I'm not sure if mods have seen your previous questions. Why don't you mail the people at Brilliant?

Nishanth Hegde - 8 years, 2 months ago

I've missed some small steps in my solution for Problem Contribution, what shall I do?

Zi Song Yeoh - 8 years, 2 months ago

You should probably re-submit.

Ahaan Rungta - 8 years, 2 months ago

i like that feature . i will try hard to submit difficult problems to brilliant

shaheed vh - 8 years, 2 months ago

When will someone reply to our problem? Next Monday?

Zi Song Yeoh - 8 years, 2 months ago

I've submitted $\ge 10$ problems last week but no one responded. When will (if selected) our submitted problems being featured? 1 week or more after submission?

Zi Song Yeoh - 8 years, 2 months ago

I bet no one can solve my problems

Carter Atwater - 8 years, 2 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$