Im not a mathematician with profession, but I know a group working on a Beal's Conjecture for years. They think that they have found a proof but the problem is that they don't know how to publish because he is born mathematician not a professor or a mathematician student. We are from Macedonia in Southeastern Europe and we couldn't find someone who can prepare it for publishing. Can someone give me any useful information where I can contact someone or any institution who can help us in this direction?
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2$\begingroup$ The basic advice is too write it, check details and formulation and then put in on ArXiv. You can then send the link to people working in the subject to have more advices, before submitting to a journal. $\endgroup$– Jérémy BlancMar 18, 2014 at 11:18
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6$\begingroup$ @Jérémy, you can't put something on ArXiv unless someone vouches for you, right? I'm guessing these people don't know anyone who can do that for them. $\endgroup$– Gerry MyersonMar 18, 2014 at 11:19
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2$\begingroup$ Also posted to m.se, math.stackexchange.com/questions/716675/… $\endgroup$– Gerry MyersonMar 18, 2014 at 11:33
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4$\begingroup$ Perhaps you should try asking people working at the math department of your local university? $\endgroup$– Michał KukiełaMar 18, 2014 at 11:42
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2$\begingroup$ You don't need anyone working on big problems! If the proof is correct, you can explain it to a good student in one of these universities. $\endgroup$– Daniel SoltészMar 18, 2014 at 12:15
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You should start by reading this page of advice by Henry Cohn:
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/cohn/Thoughts/advice.html
As it says there (among many other useful things), you should prepare a paper using LaTeX. It takes some time and effort to learn LaTeX, but it is much easier to learn LaTeX than to prove a valuable theorem. In practice, academic mathematicians will use this as an informal test: if you have taken the time to use the standard tools, they will be more willing to take you seriously.
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$\begingroup$ Very nice page. It contains a lot of interesting advices. $\endgroup$ Mar 18, 2014 at 14:27
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$\begingroup$ The link in the post no longer works - it is now located here: cohn.mit.edu/advice (Wayback Machine). $\endgroup$ Jun 7, 2023 at 5:40