If you're doing something as a hobbyist you think is legitimate, hitting up your local university and asking to run it by an expert should probably be step 2 and at that point you have your endorsement.
You can just email them or even hijack office hours if they don't respond.
Some slouch off the street deeply enthusiastic in their subject and trying to do work in it is basically definitionally exciting for academics, trust me. Meeting the next Srinivasa Ramanujan is a dream like winning the lotto.
You can just email them or even hijack office hours if they don't respond.
Some slouch off the street deeply enthusiastic in their subject and trying to do work in it is basically definitionally exciting for academics, trust me. Meeting the next Srinivasa Ramanujan is a dream like winning the lotto.