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Advice to get new PhD opportunities
I have a master's degree in Mathematics in a specialty X. I got a scholarship to do a PhD thesis in a specialty Y in another country. I have started working on my thesis and I have devoted most of my ...
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Looking for advices to stay motivated working with my master degree advisor
As English is not my native language I apologize for any mistakes in my following post.
I did my Bachelor Degree in Mathematics in University "A" with advisor "a". The strees level of this University ...
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Make some papers in PhD [closed]
I am a third year PhD Student in math. I am studying abroad from my country. I need some advice.
I have three main problems that I would like to share with you.
1) It seems, I will be graduated ...
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What would happen if I am doing my PhD on a topic and I find a very recent paper with the results I was obtaining? [duplicate]
I am doing my Ph.D. in maths and working on something. However, I was wondering what would happen if someone publishes similar results to the ones I am obtaining while I am working on that. I have no ...
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Should I post my PhD Thesis on arXiv, if I intend to make a paper based on it?
I am interested in posting my math Ph.D. thesis on the arXiv, but I also plan on writing a shorter paper based on some of the results in my thesis. I plan on posting this paper on the arXiv when I am ...
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What is the best way of breaking a mathematical development into a sequence of articles?
I am currently in the process of turning my math doctoral thesis into articles to submit to journals. This is my first time writing anything mathematical for publication.
My thesis was on the long-...
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Is it ok for an applied mathematician to research a topic that she has personal experience with?
Would this idea be too sensitive / too much information / generally a bad idea?
For example, I have a friend who is doing her computational biology PhD at a strong U.S. program, and her main research ...
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Do published papers have to contain original work? [duplicate]
Can I turn my MSc thesis into a paper and can the paper get published if it does not have original work?
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When shall one write a mathematical expression as a separate line in a paper/Ph.D. thesis? [duplicate]
When do we write a mathematical expression on a separate line, and when do we write it inline with the text?
I believe that the answer is the same for researching papers and Ph.D. theses, or maybe ...
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When to use inline versus displayed equations in a publication?
On a publication (thesis, paper, other), when should I write an equation inline and when should it be separated and numbered from the text?
I've seen publications containing both styles, but I don't ...
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