Is it possible to hire a Mathematician to write some
formulaes?.........where do I find them?

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Request for Question Clarification by mathtalk-ga on 03 Apr 2004 08:49 PST

Hi, bluekat-ga:

It might be helpful to identify the subject area of these formulas as
well as the level of mathematics required (high school, undergraduate,
graduate, or advanced research).

Are you thinking about consulting with said mathematician by email? 
Or under some other kind of arrangement?

Also, it's not clear what you mean by "write some formulaes".  One
sort of task might be to prepare equations for publication or display,
e.g. in TeX or MathML.  A mathematician might be able to help with
this, but more likely a technical secretary would be a better
resource.

Depending on the nature of your project, you might try any of these approaches:

- inquire at a local university, someone in their math dept. might have an interest

- post a thread on one of the mathematically oriented newsgroups
(alt.math.recreational is one possibility for friendly banter;
sci.math is an unmoderated and fairly busy group, watch out for
flames; sci.math.num-analysis might be good for computational
problems; sci.math.research is a moderated group and would be more
appropriate for very advanced math topics)

- umm, ask the Questions here?

If you're really interested in hiring a mathematician, the hourly
rates for consulting tend to be hire than for programmers and
plumbers.  Nonetheless I'd be happy to post some linke to
mathematically oriented consulting firms, if you'd like, as an Answer.

regards, mathtalk-ga

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Request for Question Clarification by mathtalk-ga on 03 Apr 2004 08:51 PST

Oops, please excuse the type "hire" for "higher".  

What was I thinking...

-- mathtalk-ga

What types of formulas?  You might just need someone who knows how to use Excel

I guesss it would be advanced research, but not sure.

I want to write some for my bussiness, which has alot of variables:

company profit/loss/tax on profit/gst/company asset growth/various
other taxation variables etc

 the links to consulting forms would be good.

thanks in advance

These formulas sound a lot more like something an accountant (CPA)
might be interested in helping you with.  I'd recommend at least
discussing you goals with an accountant before deciding if you think a
mathematician is needed to help in the formulations.

regards, mathtalk-ga

thanks for your coment, by i strongly feel a accountant would not be
able to do what i want him too, I can do all accounts maths
anyway................I need somebody who really knows numbers