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pi_cubed

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From: A rhombicosidodecahedron

Registered: 2020-06-22

Posts: 115

Some options in the Mathopolis search are broken

Let's say I want to find a quiz on Mathopolis about derivatives.
I go to the search page, type in "derivative," and set Calculus as the subject.
No results come up.
If, however, I search in all subjects, a lot of results come up.
Same goes for Physics. If I search "waves" in physics no results come up, but they come up if I search in all subjects.
Is this a bug?

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Bob

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Registered: 2010-06-20

Posts: 10,619

Re: Some options in the Mathopolis search are broken

hi pi_cubed

I cannot repeat what you are trying.  Please post the url for when you start searching in each case.

Thanks,

Bob

ps.  I don't have editing control for the site, so I may not be able to address any bug anyway.

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pi_cubed

Member

From: A rhombicosidodecahedron

Registered: 2020-06-22

Posts: 115

Re: Some options in the Mathopolis search are broken

The search I'm referring is here: https://www.mathopolis.com/questions/quiz-search.php.
I can't send the link since the search is a form submitted through a POST request, but these are the parameters I used in the first post:
1. Name: derivative, Subject: Calculus
2. Name: derivative, Subject: (all)
3. Name: waves, Subject: Physics
4. Name: waves, Subject (all)

ps.  I don't have editing control for the site, so I may not be able to address any bug anyway.

I was hoping you could forward it to MathsIsFun.

Last edited by pi_cubed (2022-04-11 02:07:29)

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Bob

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Registered: 2010-06-20

Posts: 10,619

Re: Some options in the Mathopolis search are broken

I'm still not getting there.  I started with  MIF in 2010 and joined the forum shortly afterwards.  Occasionally I try questions from the MIF pages and I know they use Mathopolis but I've never actually created a username for Mathopolis until just now.

I don't see any post option.  Nor a search option.

So I still don't understand where on the internet you are.

Bob

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Children are not defined by school ...........The Fonz
You cannot teach a man anything;  you can only help him find it within himself..........Galileo Galilei
Sometimes I deliberately make mistakes, just to test you!  …………….Bob

pi_cubed

Member

From: A rhombicosidodecahedron

Registered: 2020-06-22

Posts: 115

Re: Some options in the Mathopolis search are broken

Sorry, I forgot to include the link.
Also the "POST Request" I'm talking about is not referring to some sort of post page, it's a internet internal (if you want to read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POST_(HTTP)).

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pi_cubed

Member

From: A rhombicosidodecahedron

Registered: 2020-06-22

Posts: 115

Re: Some options in the Mathopolis search are broken

Ok this is weird, the links I posted yesterday have all disappeared

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CurlyBracket

Member

From: Your Maths Textbook

Registered: 2022-01-03

Posts: 155

Re: Some options in the Mathopolis search are broken

I found another:

Topic: light             Subject: all

Returns multiple hits.

Topic: light             Subject: Physics

Returns no hits.

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