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How to deal with "cans of worms" of references in publications
I have found an algorithm that solved a puzzle in an unexpected way, so I'm planning to publish it on arXiv.
After some online research I learned that the puzzle belongs to a larger class of more or ...
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Can I use equations from a paper with proper citation?
I am writing a research paper where I try to produce the results by using the machinery described in a different paper, i.e. testing their equations on my model.
Is it justified to use their equations ...
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What to do when your idea turns out to be an old one
I learned yesterday that an idea (let's call it Idea A) I came up with on my own and that will appear in a paper I'm writing actually appeared in a paper 15 years ago. (My field is math, I'm a PhD ...
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How to Use a Result Already Under Review in Another Paper?
This may apply to any mathematical scientists. I am working on a paper, which (as far as I can tell) needs a result that I obtained. The result needed is a part of another paper of mine that is ...
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How to efficiently find citations for quotations after writing?
I wrote a long document about mathematics with a lot of quotations.
I must provide a citation for every quotation, but did not do this so far.
Now I’m stuck because I can’t efficiently find the ...
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Can I add non-cited reference to bibliography?
I want to add non-cited references to bibliography for two reasons.
Sometimes, it is not clear whether I referred to it or not. Clearly, not only citing a statement is a citation, but also citing an ...
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How should one select his or her citations when writing a thesis in STEM?
I have looked over the master and PhD thesis of several past colleagues, and it seems that their thesis section are all very organized and does not deviate too much from the standard literature. In ...
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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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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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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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