most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-06-19T07:09:43Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/43186 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/43186/finding-cutting-edge-papers-and-books stmath 2010-10-22T14:52:33Z 2010-10-24T16:25:16Z

<p>Hi all,</p> <p>what are the best strategies to find cutting edge papers and books on a field of mathematics?</p> <p>.. </p> <p>Example:<br> 2-3 years ago I had to analyze a time series. I found a paper and showed that to a mathematician who referred me to the REAL state-of-the art method how to do it. </p> <p>Then I read the book ‘Analysis and Probability: Wavelets, Signals, Fractals’ by Palle E. T. Jorgensen, which is excellent and a good reference. </p> <p>How can I find for example the latest advances in (applied) mathematical Logic (modal logic, high order logic, type theory, proof theory)? </p> <p>How can I find the state of the art advances in time series analysis since mid 2007? </p> <p>My current strategies are using google search and google scholar to find papers. Or to try to find a good mathematician in a field an ask in person for papers. </p> <p>Thanks for any Tipps!<br> Steve</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/43186/finding-cutting-edge-papers-and-books/43187#43187 Anthony Labarre 2010-10-22T15:03:15Z 2010-10-22T15:03:15Z

<p>When I start getting acknowledged with a new field, I typically use several search engines (general purpose or scientifically oriented) to find publications that seem relevant, then go forwards and backwards in time (that is, I look at cited papers and citing papers) to try and find surveys of the field. This allows me both to retrieve latest papers and to identify relevant ones as most frequently cited.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/43186/finding-cutting-edge-papers-and-books/43188#43188 Pieter Naaijkens 2010-10-22T15:07:53Z 2010-10-22T15:07:53Z

<p>One method that is maybe more indirect is to regularly browse through the new articles posted on the arxiv in the section of your interests. I use an RSS reader for this, but you can also subscribe to an e-mail list I think.</p> <p>Also, conferences for example are always a good way to keep up to date of what's going on in your field.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/43186/finding-cutting-edge-papers-and-books/43197#43197 Ramsay 2010-10-22T15:59:56Z 2010-10-22T15:59:56Z

<p>There are some good resources mentioned already on this site. In particular see this question: <a href="http://mathoverflow.net/questions/2147/most-helpful-math-resources-on-the-web" rel="nofollow">http://mathoverflow.net/questions/2147/most-helpful-math-resources-on-the-web</a></p> <p>Ryan Budney makes a comment under Thanos D. Papaïoannou's response about MathSciNet. Given any relevant paper on the topic of interest, you can find papers that cite it. </p> <p>This question may also be worth looking at: <a href="http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1722/free-high-quality-mathematical-writing-online" rel="nofollow">http://mathoverflow.net/questions/1722/free-high-quality-mathematical-writing-online</a></p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/43186/finding-cutting-edge-papers-and-books/43238#43238 PamNDRome 2010-10-22T22:03:12Z 2010-10-23T01:38:56Z

<p>Web links at UCLA and NIST (USA's National Institute of Standards and Technology):</p> <p><a href="http://ces.stat.ucla.edu/software/time-series-analysis" rel="nofollow">http://ces.stat.ucla.edu/software/time-series-analysis</a></p> <p>Introduction to Time series Analysis (Engineering Statistics Handbook) at <a href="http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmc/section4/pmc4.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmc/section4/pmc4.htm</a></p> <p>It's probably best to use a multi-step process. Search engines can point you in the direction of papers with keywords or title words which you may be interested in. Then use those papers and look at the bibliographies of those papers.</p> <p>The bibliographics references will lead you to a set of authors who publish in that field. Now search for further articles by these authors, and for their academic or work-related web-sites. Their own bibliographies on their web page may help you to find other papers and other researchers working in that field, and also lead you to conference presentations which they may have done.</p> <p>The most "cutting-edge" work is going to be the work recently presented at conferences, working groups, and SIGs (special interest groups, such as the subgroups of IEEE, e.g. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siggraph" rel="nofollow">SIGGRAPH</a>: special interest group in graphics, which has a yearly convention in Los Angeles). Once you've found a listing of conferences, you can look for the collection of conference proceedings or talk title, and figure out the research groups and individuals involved in working in the topics of your interest.</p> <p>I hope this helps you.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/43186/finding-cutting-edge-papers-and-books/43394#43394 Carl Mummert 2010-10-24T16:25:16Z 2010-10-24T16:25:16Z

<p>The best way to find cutting edge papers is to attend conferences and see talks about current research. Research journals lag years behind current research. Even preprints often lag behind announced results - in some fields, including logic, people often speak about results that are not yet available as preprints. </p> <p>In logic, the arxiv is not extremely useful for finding new results, because only a minority of practicing logicians publish preprints on it. </p> <p>Logic has very little to do with time series, however, so the conventions may be different for research in time series. </p>