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Should I cite a paper that I haven't read if I use a theorem in it?
In my Master's thesis I use a theorem that is recent enough that I could find the article where it is proved, but I've actually learned the theorem and its proof in two books by other authors. Is it ...
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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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How to acknowledge a MathOverflow user?
I am writing a research paper. A small but important idea for the paper was found on MathOverflow. I know the real name of the user. I tried contacting him and offered him co-authorship, but I got no ...
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I might be rediscovering someone else's result. What should I do?
I am writing a paper presenting a mathematical theorem I recently proved. However, while reading one of the papers that I am citing, I found out that the same result (or something very similar) might ...
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Do we cite results in Arxiv which are obviously wrong?
I am now writing up a math paper, and there is an Arxiv paper posted back in 2009 which proved a weaker version of my result. But I don’t think their paper will be published in any journal – their ...
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How to cite "Crelle's Journal"
Crelle's Journal is a nickname of a Mathematics Journal, and it's full name is "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik". It's commonly called Crelle since it is founded in 1826 by August ...
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Citing a math theorem with errors
Suppose author X writes a paper, and in this paper, they prove a result that is a very small part of their paper. However, the result has a mistake. Based on personal judgement, it appears the mistake ...
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How to cite online-first published articles? Should you include link to earlier ArXiV version?
When one cites an article which appeared online-first in a journal of mathematics, but which is not in print and has no volume number yet, I have read that one can just use the DOI instead. But do you ...
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Re-citing a math theorem with errors
A follow-up question to this: Citing a math theorem with errors
Let's say a paper A has some error in a proof of a theorem and then I publish a paper B citing the theorem and its proof and also ...
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