How to make a made up math formula official?

So a few year ago I discovered a formula pretaining to math and it really works every time. It is legit!!! But how do I make it count? Is there a way to register it?How to make a made up math formula official?
Excellent question. What you can do is write it up in TeX or at least as a converted PDF file and post it to http://xxx.lanl.gov/archive/math. this is the website that physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists and even some biologists and engineers post their pre-prints to. It will be the best way to establish that you had obtained a certain new result by a given date, and the community of researchers will be collectively apprised of it.





Now, for the more complex part. For your result to be ';official'; you have to publish it in a peer-reviewed journal. For it to be accepted to a peer reviewed journal, not only does it have to be correct, but it has to be original and contribute to the field in some way. What kind of equation did you invent? Does it meet these criteria? If you are in school, ask a professor in the math department about publishing it. You would also be well advised to ask him or her about the validity and usefulness of the equation as well.





Good luck to you and I hope you enjoy a lifetime of mathematical research.How to make a made up math formula official?
That's depends: what does your formula do? Is it useful? How did you discover it? Are you sure no one else has already discovered this formula? or found a different way of computing what your formula computes? Have you written up a full mathematical proof that your formula works for all cases instead of just a finite number of cases that you have checked? For a formula to be accepted by the mathematical community a full proof is needed, not just a claim that it works. If I had more information I could better advise you, but If you think that what you've found will make a significant contribution to Math, I would suggest you first consult a Math professor who can then advise you of whether or not to seek publication.
Well, I've never heard of a Patent Office for math. Or science, for that matter.





But new discoveries are made every day, in math and the sciences. What normally happens is that the discoverer writes up his or her discovery--what was the problem, how it was solved, what was the result, and so on. When others read the writeup, they have the chance to try it for themselves and see if they agree. If everyone agrees, the author can be proud of the accomplishment. If others find a flaw, they'll say so and send the author back to work.





You might want to write it up here! Do it carefully, so there's no confusion due to spelling or grammar. And the people here can review it for you. It's not quite the same process that might happen at the university level, but we'd all like to see your discovery!
You might want to go to some major mathematics association. Sorry, that's all I can think of.