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How to cite a sequence from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS)?
In my paper I want to provide a reference for a sequence (in this case - A001970) from The On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences (OEIS).
However, I couldn't find an official b …
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How to refer to a theorem that you have shown to be wrong
I am writing a paper about a flaw that I found in a published paper. There, the statement is called “Theorem 2”. In my paper, I am reproducing the other paper’s definitions, and st …
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Permission to use Online Notes
Hello,
I am a new professor in Mathematics and I am running an independent study on Diophantine equations with a student of mine. Online I have found a wealth of very helpful exp …
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Citation of a paper with a proof you would like to improve [closed]
Imagine that you are in the following situation: You write up a proof which eventually gets published. There you need a result which is not so well-known but it is contained in ano …
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Citing papers that are in a language that you do not read.
I have a basic question that others have definitely considered.
Often there are papers that originally appeared in a language that one might not understand (and I mean a natural l …
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Best citations database
Which online service provides the most complete list of citations to given mathematical paper? I mean the citations both in published papers and in preprints. I guess scholar.googl …
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To what extent, one should improve the article in Galley Proof ? [closed]
Galley Proof are the preliminary versions of publications meant for review by authors.
Question: To what extend, one should improve the article in Galley Proof ?
Situations 1. …
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Cite articles or book where I first found the result?
I'm writing up a paper and I'm not sure how to cite a few things. It concerns a conjecture made by Quillen. Some work has been done showing it's true in some cases, false in others …
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Finding citations for ‘well-known’ results
I am almost ready to submit my most recent paper, and I find myself in a problem that has already occurred multiple times in my short publishing career. In this paper, I wish to s …
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If Erdős is published as Erdös in a paper, which do I cite?
There seems to be a few papers around with Erdős written as Erdös. For example:
MR0987571 (90h:11090) Alladi, K.; Erdös, P.; Vaaler, J. D. Multiplicative functions and small divi …

