most recent 30 from http://mathoverflow.net 2013-06-19T05:41:59Z http://mathoverflow.net/feeds/question/98082 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://mathoverflow.net/questions/98082/etiquette-question-how-to-acknowledge-bugs-bunny tweetie-bird 2012-05-27T02:55:05Z 2012-05-27T03:23:06Z

<p>Suppose that a mathematician such as Bugs Bunny answers one of my math questions here on MathOverflow, and then I use the idea in a research paper. How should I acknowledge such a distinguished mathematician in my paper, submitted to a reputable journal and all that?</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/98082/etiquette-question-how-to-acknowledge-bugs-bunny/98083#98083 MTS 2012-05-27T02:57:23Z 2012-05-27T02:57:23Z

<p>Look right underneath where your question is posted. Click on the "cite" link. It will pop up a text box, from which you can copy citation data for this post in either bibtex or amsrefs format. So you can directly cite the MO thread.</p>

http://mathoverflow.net/questions/98082/etiquette-question-how-to-acknowledge-bugs-bunny/98084#98084 Vahid Shirbisheh 2012-05-27T03:23:06Z 2012-05-27T03:23:06Z

<p>I think it depends how important is the help you have received. If it is a crucial step in your work and without it you were not able to complete the paper, you may want to suggest the helper to be your co-author. But if it is not that important you can send him/her an email and thank him/her and let him/her know that you will acknowledge his/her help at the end of the paper. </p>