New answers tagged mathematical-writing
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How bad is it to publish a paper with an overcomplicated proof?
This kind of situation is very common. In some sense, it's the nature of research. Consider the following quote from Andrew Wiles:
"Perhaps I could best describe my experience of doing ...
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How does one build and refine strong technical skills relevant to research?
This sounds like a classic case of imposter syndrome, which affects many mathematicians. Consider the OP's first paragraph.
I am an early career researcher working in an area of "hard" ...
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Referring to computer software in a paper
This question was essentially answered in the comments years ago, but I want to add a bit more detail in an answer here, so that it doesn't linger on the unanswered queue.
With any writing question, ...
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Including alternative proofs
This is a great question. Since the OP explicitly asked for answers as answers rather than comments, let me try to get it off the unanswered queue. As far as I'm aware, there are three options:
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Mathematical etiquette: Rephrasing / restructuring a work, limited release (with attribution) acceptable?
This question was asked a long time ago, but remains on the unanswered queue. I agree with Allen Knutson's comment that this is good thing to do (i.e., write up such notes and post them on your ...
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Use of an appendix in a long paper
This is tricky, because it strikes at the tension between pressures from the publication system to keep papers short vs our collective desire to have a peer-reviewed literature with no gaps. Let's ...
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Is it appropriate to add a dedication to a paper?
In math, dedications are rare but not unheard of. They are most common in birthday conference proceedings, or special issues devoted to summarizing a person's life work. For example, consider the ...
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What would you do if you improve your own result that is submitted but not published?
This kind of situation is actually pretty normal in math research. The answer basically hinges on the meaning of "dramatically." If it was only a minor improvement, then the normal thing to ...
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Publication Of 50 pages
This question was asked a long time ago, and never got an answer, but did receive some useful comments. The short answer is there are hundreds of journals that would publish such a paper. In some ...
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What are journal rankings that employers look at?
Unfortunately, this practice spreads. Especially in the universities outside of USA. The databases most commonly used are ISI (Inst. of Sci. Information) Journal Citation reports and Scopus. Both of ...
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What are journal rankings that employers look at?
Let me answer from the perspective of a liberal arts college that emphasizes both teaching and research. I'm going to tell you how I've seen research assessed. I don't claim that this is a good way to ...
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What are journal rankings that employers look at?
Many universities have adopted the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which forbids considering journal rankings as a proxy for research quality. What matters is the merit of an ...
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