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The Zentralblatt asked me to review a worthless paper, what to do?
I am an amateur mathematician who at age 64 finally became published in January. As a result, review requests started coming in.
The first two were from two different journals. Both papers were well ...
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How to find gaps in mathematics/theoretical physics/mathematical physics ? How to proceed after that? (Undergraduate research and Publications) [closed]
How to find gaps in mathematics/theoretical physics/mathematical physics? I am interested to do independent research in physics though a purely mathematical/theoretical (pen and paper) approach with ...
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How to find papers which fall under the intersection of two different areas
I am asking this question specifically for the subject of Mathematics. What are some efficient ways of searching papers on two different broad topics, say number theory and graph theory. Also, if I ...
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How can an independent researcher publish a well-written research paper / proof in a respected mathematical publication?
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How can an independent researcher publish a well-written research paper / proof in a respected mathematical publication?
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Given my experience, how do I get back to academic research collaboration?
I've a teaching position in an engineering college in France since September 2021, and in a few years' time I'd like to get either a research-only or a mixed research and teaching position. With that ...
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I have no academic affiliation and wrote a research paper in math - how do I publish it and get paid for the work I did? [closed]
I am an independent researcher (no academic affiliation).
If I submit a mathematical research paper to a journal or conference, how do I get any subsidies, grants, or funds for this work? Are you ...
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How important is attending graduate school for a PhD for physics/mathematics/astrophysics research?
Is it possible for one to publish high quality research papers in the aforementioned fields without attending a graduate school? I feel that you can read online material and books about research/...
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Independent research publication in pure math
I did my MS math in a poor math department from south Asia. While as a MS student I wrote a solo author research paper in finite group theory (without any advisor or help from anyone). I don't know ...
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How to get my independent mathematical research accepted?
Though I don't have a graduate degree, I have original (and rigorous!) mathematics and have been cold-emailing some professors. Unfortunately, none of them want to collaborate online with me.
I really ...
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How to join PhD in Mathematics in France? [closed]
I am interested in joining a PhD program in Mathematics in France. Now I am a Master's degree student in India.
My research interests include Differential Geometry (in particular, Hyperbolic Geometry)....
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I believe I have a clever idea/tool that should be widely adopted by the research community. How to interpret a lukewarm response?
Related to this question, except I do not believe (and have not claimed) that I have solved an open problem, famous or otherwise.
I came up with an idea (specifically, how to pronounce numbers in ...
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What did Grothendieck mean by "the capacity to be alone" in the context of mathematical research?
I'm confused about a statement Alexander Grothendieck made in his book Récoltes et semailles.
In fact, most of these comrades whom I gauged to be more brilliant
than me have gone on to become ...
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How much independency does a postdoctoral researcher have?
I am a postdoctoral with governmental grant, means that it is not a grant from a research supervisor for a specific research project. Of course, when I was applying for this grant I was asked to ...
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Finding related result in mathematics
Assume that I have a math problem, I want to find results, theorems (as much as I could find, in maximum number) relevant to the problem, how can I do that efficiently?
For example, one way could be ...
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As someone outside academia, how can I get my math paper peer reviewed?
I have written a math paper and I think/hope it is ready for peer review. I am 40+ years removed from academia and have no access to 'publications' but I have learned from my many re-writes and I have ...
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