Writing solutions

To all Brilliant users,

I would like to ask if there is a proper way to write solutions. Many awesome solution writers have received many upvotes because their solutions are just wonderful. Are there any specific keywords to use, like 'We have'? I would appreciate it if anyone could also make a full, separate post of this. I trust that it would be extremely useful. One more point, I find myself repeating the same words over and over again when writing my solution.

Thanks so much.

Victor

Easy Math Editor

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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Markdown	Appears as
`italics` or `_italics_`	italics
`bold` or `__bold__`	bold
- bulleted - list	bulleted list
1. numbered 2. list	numbered list
Note: you must add a full line of space before and after lists for them to show up correctly
paragraph 1 paragraph 2	paragraph 1 paragraph 2
`[example link](https://brilliant.org)`	example link
`> This is a quote`	This is a quote
# I indented these lines # 4 spaces, and now they show # up as a code block. print "hello world"	# I indented these lines # 4 spaces, and now they show # up as a code block. print "hello world"

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}`	$\boxed{123}$

Comments

Well, my solution in this problem somehow earned me an amazing 85 upvotes, the most I've ever seen in Brilliant!

Joshua Ong - 7 years, 2 months ago

Make that 86!

Anish Puthuraya - 7 years, 2 months ago

The link isn't working 0.o its https://brilliant.org/community-problem/which-of-these-gargantuan-numbers-is-bigger/?group=TbvILRFfczxE

Joshua Ong - 7 years, 2 months ago

Just keep it short and sweet...For eg. check out my solution for Unbalanced Maximum. I kept it really short, and this might be the reason that I received 55 upvotes for this solution.

Anish Puthuraya - 7 years, 2 months ago

I wanted to know how can we see the number of upvotes to our solutions....the total number of upvotes on all my solutions is shown in the feed...but i can't see how many upvotes are there on a particular solution........

Shikhar Jaiswal - 7 years, 2 months ago

it was 55 upvotes few weeks ago (when brilliant made it such that we cannot view our own upvotes)

Anish Puthuraya - 7 years, 2 months ago

@Anish Puthuraya – now the upvotes are visible.....looks like they've fixed it

Shikhar Jaiswal - 7 years, 2 months ago

@Shikhar Jaiswal – yes

Anish Puthuraya - 7 years, 2 months ago

You can view my Solution writing notes, which covers a very wide range of what makes a good solution.

There is nothing wrong with repeating the same words over and over again (This is not an English class).

Calvin Lin Staff - 7 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}`	$\boxed{123}$