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How to deal with results that are given as exercises
I'm currently writing my thesis in mathematics and in the introductory part I want to give a brief overview over a field I'm not very familiar with. There are some results in the book I'm reading ...
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Citation policies: original papers or recent monographs?
When referencing previous results, should one cite the original
paper(s) or a recent comprehensive monograph?
Specifically, in my area of interest (a relatively recent branch of mathematics), in ...
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Writing theory section of thesis - feels like I am just copying
I am doing a PhD in physics / applied math and have just started writing the theory section. A large-ish part (5-10 pages, estimated) will be setting the scene with some theoretical tools that I am ...
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Should authors omit statements / citations of well known results in response to referee requests?
I am asking this question to get further perspective on an issue that has come up with a student (undergraduate, mathematics) I am mentoring. At last summer's REU he wrote (in particular!) a solo ...
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References in statement of purpose
I'm applying to math PhD programs in the US. In my statements of purpose, should I include references to the literature? I haven't done so yet, but I keep thinking I probably should.
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Finding (correct) citation info for math references
I've just recently learned about BibTeX, rather than manually making a bibliography at the end of everything I write. Now I'd like a reliable source for the citation info.
At school I can use ...
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How are textbooks meant to be referenced?
I'm studying maths, and I've found it beneficial to write my notes as if I were writing a textbook for someone else's self study - forces me to understand the material to some extent.
It's of course ...
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Ethics of not referencing StackExchange in a publication? [duplicate]
So I'm feeling a bit guilty. I've been working on a publication proof (my first) of an interesting theorem. The issue is I've been using StackExchange (Mathematics) to answer some similar questions ...
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References in a PhD thesis in mathematics [closed]
I have a few questions about the references in a PhD thesis in mathematics:
What would be a "normal" range of items there? I am not sure if there is only a few items in the reference it may not be ...
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Is there a standard for capitalization in references of math papers?
How do you capitalize the titles of references in a math paper? Would you rather write:
Global smooth solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations
or
Global Smooth Solutions of the Navier-Stokes ...
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How should I cite a conjecture to which no written record can be found?
Suppose that a famous mathematician E (long deceased) made a conjecture (C), but no written record of this can be found (either because none exists, or because it exists in a very obscure source). ...
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How do I cite a mathematical definition replicated verbatim?
I am writing a paper, in which I must include a definition of a particular mathematical structure. It's a structure with which very few people would be familiar, thus I wish to include it verbatim, as ...
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Citing terse works, or wordy comprehensible works?
I am in a position where I am writing both more professional articles, and
supplementary articles to undergraduates. The supplementary works is meant to prepare the students for the graduate courses. ...
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How do I cite a result that I've only seen stated without a proof, and I prove myself?
I am writing my PhD thesis in mathematics.
It happens frequently that I use results that I don't have a reference for except
textbooks stating "it is easily seen that ..." or "it is well-known that.....
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Practical Tips: Mathematical research and discoveries
How to behave when you have the feeling of working on something innovative? What to do if there is a chance (even the 1%) that your
work is leading you to something original?
For example what if I ...
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Refer to arxiv version?
Am I breaking some kind of rule if I'm adding the arxiv link to the bibitem for an article that's published in a journal? I thought obviously not until I noticed that (link to arxiv) and (page number ...
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