Questions tagged [sociology-of-math]
For questions about the interplay between mathematics and the social context in which it is done.
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How do I fix someone's published error?
Paper A is in the literature, and has been for more than a decade.
An error is discovered in paper A and is substantial in that many
details are affected, although certain fundamental properties
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Mathematicians with aphantasia (inability to visualize things in one's mind)
Are there any mathematicians with aphantasia? If so, could they please elaborate upon what their experience with mathematics is like?
I realize that this question probably falls outside of the scope ...
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What's "geometric algebra"?
Sometimes one bumps into the name "geometric algebra" (henceforth "GA"), in the sense of this Wikipedia article. Other names appear in that context such as "vector manifold", "pseudoscalar", and "...
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What are some very important papers published in non-top journals?
There has already been a question about important papers that were initially rejected. Many of the answers were very interesting. The question is here.
My concern in this question is slightly ...
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Math Annotate Platform?
Suppose most mathematical research papers were freely accessible online.
Suppose a well-organized platform existed where responsible users could write comments on any paper (linking to its doi, ...
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When have we lost a body of mathematics because errors were found?
The history of mathematics over the last 200 years has many occasions when the fundamental assumptions of an area have been shown to be flawed, or even wrong. Yet I cannot think of any examples where, ...
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Mathematicians with both “very abstract” and “very applied” achievements
Gödel had a cosmological model. Hamel, primarily a mechanician, gave any vector space a basis. Plücker, best known for line geometry, spent years on magnetism. What other mathematicians had so distant ...
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Publication rates in Mathematics
Have there been any studies of publication rates in Mathematics?
We are trying to construct a workload model for the Faculty of Science and Engineering at my institution. Part of this involves ...
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The unpublished papers in reference to the published papers
Sometimes it happens that a published paper refers to an unpublished paper for a result used.
In this case, if we want to check this result by ourselves, we need to access to this unpublished paper.
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Mathematical fictionalism
Have there been any successful mathematicians that also happen to be mathematical fictionalists? Let's say success is defined by at least one article published in a non-pay journal.
I ask because ...