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The mission of the Manifold Atlas is to empower and engage topologists and geometers to collect and develop information about [[Manifold Atlas:Definition of “manifold”|manifolds]], in particular [[:Category:Manifolds|constructions and invariants]] and [[:Category:Problems|problems]] but also [[:Category:Theory|general]] and [[:Category:History|historical]] information. | The mission of the Manifold Atlas is to empower and engage topologists and geometers to collect and develop information about [[Manifold Atlas:Definition of “manifold”|manifolds]], in particular [[:Category:Manifolds|constructions and invariants]] and [[:Category:Problems|problems]] but also [[:Category:Theory|general]] and [[:Category:History|historical]] information. | ||
== “What is a manifold" == | == “What is a manifold" == | ||
| − | We use the term | + | We use the term manifold broadly to mean any second countable Hausdorff space which is locally Euclidean of a fixed dimension and which may, or may not, be equipped with extra structures: for a precise definition see the [[Definition of “manifold”|'''defintion of “manifold"''']]. |
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| + | == Scientific goals and structure == | ||
| + | * The Manifold Atlas aims to serve as a journal standard scientifically quotable reference for the study of manifolds. It contains two sorts of pages: evolving pages and quotable pages. | ||
| + | * '''Evolving pages''' pages are continually open to improvement and expansion but '''are not scientifically quotable'''. | ||
| + | * '''Static pages''' have been approved by the '''[[Manifold Atlas:Editorial Board|editorial board]]''' by a via a rigorous [[Manifold Atlas:Editorial process|'''editorial process''']] and are preserved as '''scientific quotable documents'''. | ||
== Writing in the Manifold Atlas == | == Writing in the Manifold Atlas == | ||
| − | The Manifold Atlas supports | + | * The Manifold Atlas supports sorts of articles: open-editing articles and author-based articles. |
| + | * [[Manifold Atlas:Writing style#Open-editing pages|'''Open-editing pages''']] can be edited openly by any registered user. | ||
| + | * [[Manifold Atlas:Writing style#Author-based pages|'''Author-based pages''']] are written by a single author or team of authors. | ||
| + | * All content in the Manifold Atlas is '''freely available''' on the world wide web as described on the [[Manifold Atlas:User rights|'''user rights page''']]. | ||
| − | == | + | == Staff == |
| − | The | + | * The managing editor of the Manifold Atlas is [http://www.him.uni-bonn.de/kreck Matthias Kreck]. |
| + | * The scientific administrators of the Manifold Atlas are [http://www.dcrowley.net/ Diarmuid Crowley] and [http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/muellner/ Daniel Müllner]. | ||
== Platform == | == Platform == | ||
The platform for the Manifold Atlas is [[metawikipedia:Main_Page|MediaWiki]]: special local features were developed by [http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/muellner/ Daniel Müllner]. | The platform for the Manifold Atlas is [[metawikipedia:Main_Page|MediaWiki]]: special local features were developed by [http://www.math.uni-bonn.de/people/muellner/ Daniel Müllner]. | ||
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Revision as of 12:14, 21 September 2009
The mission of the Manifold Atlas is to empower and engage topologists and geometers to collect and develop information about manifolds, in particular constructions and invariants and problems but also general and historical information.
Contents |
1 “What is a manifold"
We use the term manifold broadly to mean any second countable Hausdorff space which is locally Euclidean of a fixed dimension and which may, or may not, be equipped with extra structures: for a precise definition see the defintion of “manifold".
2 Scientific goals and structure
- The Manifold Atlas aims to serve as a journal standard scientifically quotable reference for the study of manifolds. It contains two sorts of pages: evolving pages and quotable pages.
- Evolving pages pages are continually open to improvement and expansion but are not scientifically quotable.
- Static pages have been approved by the editorial board by a via a rigorous editorial process and are preserved as scientific quotable documents.
3 Writing in the Manifold Atlas
- The Manifold Atlas supports sorts of articles: open-editing articles and author-based articles.
- Open-editing pages can be edited openly by any registered user.
- Author-based pages are written by a single author or team of authors.
- All content in the Manifold Atlas is freely available on the world wide web as described on the user rights page.
4 Staff
- The managing editor of the Manifold Atlas is Matthias Kreck.
- The scientific administrators of the Manifold Atlas are Diarmuid Crowley and Daniel Müllner.
5 Platform
The platform for the Manifold Atlas is MediaWiki: special local features were developed by Daniel Müllner.
