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anyone can upload to arxiv.org. I, and many others, regard single-author publications with a higher degree of suspicion, so you should still reach out to other

anyone can upload to arxiv.org. I, and many others, regard single-author publications with a higher degree of suspicion, so you should still reach out to other researchers in the area and foster collaborations first.

rawnlq 9y ago
I thought you still need at least an affiliation which is why the crackpot version (which doesn't require anything) exists? http://vixra.org/ http://vixra.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViXra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViXra
- hprotagonist 9y ago
  https://arxiv.org/help/registerhelp https://arxiv.org/help/registerhelp You only need-need an email address, I think. I've seen papers where the 'institution' of the author is their home address both on arxiv submissions and in traditional journals. I didn't trust them very much, but I have seen them.
- openasocket 9y ago
  Off topic, but you weren't kidding about it being the "crackpot" version. A quick check of the recent papers in the "Set Theory and Logic" section gave me this gem: http://vixra.org/abs/1708.0156 http://vixra.org/abs/1708.0156 . Which seems to argue that Cantor Diagonalization, a method of proof known for over a century and taught in most undergraduate abstract math courses, is completely wrong. There's also a 2-page proof that P != NP http://vixra.org/abs/1709.0076 http://vixra.org/abs/1709.0076 EDIT: this one probably takes the cake: http://vixra.org/abs/1406.0180 http://vixra.org/abs/1406.0180 . Completely nonsensical, ramblings about fuzzy logic and "topological experiments", the same sentences repeated multiple times. The actual work seems to be taking the formulas for a circle with a line through it, showing all of his work for some Algebra I + derivative level manipulations while still making basic mistakes (the one I caught is the final equation should be "= 1", not "= 0", because he didn't take the second derivative properly), to come up with a differential equation to describe his "intersection of a circle and a line" problem. Then concludes that this "fuzzy topological non-linear differential equation" will prove very useful in solving quantum gravity, somehow.
  - flubert 9y ago
    If you want to seed doubts in your mind about the real numbers, you can get that at: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0404335 https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0404335 ...as well (skip to chapter 5 for the impatient).
    - openasocket 9y ago
      I'm fully aware of the complexities of real numbers. But I also know they are essential to derive any advanced mathematics. All the normal derivations and definitions of calculus depend on properties unique to the reals. And while it might be possible to re-derive calculus using computable numbers (I'm fairly sure it is, but not completely), a great many results using topology absolutely depend on the properties of the reals that the domain of computable numbers simply don't have.
    - pault 9y ago
      This is super interesting, thanks! I love articles that dive into the historical context and philosophy underlying important math discoveries. Context is everything!
  - hprotagonist 9y ago
    ahh, this looks like an early beta version of The Book from Anathem: http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Book http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Book
  - semi-extrinsic 9y ago
    The author in your last reference is pure gold. Here's another one of his gems, and I quote from the abstract: """ The author proposes several new concepts of physics such as it is not mass but the attracting force of mass which warps space, electricity can be generated from space at zero cost, making of graviton bombs are for real, it is possible to include gravitons and darkons in to the standard model of particle physics, unification of quantum physics with Einstein’s relativity can be performed on the foundations of a new spherical geometric applications, & new thoughts on big bang theory , particles and pre big bang. """ http://vixra.org/abs/1306.0017 http://vixra.org/abs/1306.0017
flubert 9y ago
>anyone can upload to arxiv.org I thought you needed an endorsement from someone already in the system, or were affiliated with a university? https://arxiv.org/help/endorsement https://arxiv.org/help/endorsement
- hprotagonist 9y ago
  Sure, but that does not exclude people like OP. They just need to find someone (ideally to collaborate with ) who will vouch for them before they can submit their work.

rawnlq 9y ago

I thought you still need at least an affiliation which is why the crackpot version (which doesn't require anything) exists? http://vixra.org/ http://vixra.org/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViXra https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViXra

hprotagonist 9y ago
https://arxiv.org/help/registerhelp https://arxiv.org/help/registerhelp You only need-need an email address, I think. I've seen papers where the 'institution' of the author is their home address both on arxiv submissions and in traditional journals. I didn't trust them very much, but I have seen them.
openasocket 9y ago
Off topic, but you weren't kidding about it being the "crackpot" version. A quick check of the recent papers in the "Set Theory and Logic" section gave me this gem: http://vixra.org/abs/1708.0156 http://vixra.org/abs/1708.0156 . Which seems to argue that Cantor Diagonalization, a method of proof known for over a century and taught in most undergraduate abstract math courses, is completely wrong. There's also a 2-page proof that P != NP http://vixra.org/abs/1709.0076 http://vixra.org/abs/1709.0076 EDIT: this one probably takes the cake: http://vixra.org/abs/1406.0180 http://vixra.org/abs/1406.0180 . Completely nonsensical, ramblings about fuzzy logic and "topological experiments", the same sentences repeated multiple times. The actual work seems to be taking the formulas for a circle with a line through it, showing all of his work for some Algebra I + derivative level manipulations while still making basic mistakes (the one I caught is the final equation should be "= 1", not "= 0", because he didn't take the second derivative properly), to come up with a differential equation to describe his "intersection of a circle and a line" problem. Then concludes that this "fuzzy topological non-linear differential equation" will prove very useful in solving quantum gravity, somehow.
- flubert 9y ago
  If you want to seed doubts in your mind about the real numbers, you can get that at: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0404335 https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0404335 ...as well (skip to chapter 5 for the impatient).
  - openasocket 9y ago
    I'm fully aware of the complexities of real numbers. But I also know they are essential to derive any advanced mathematics. All the normal derivations and definitions of calculus depend on properties unique to the reals. And while it might be possible to re-derive calculus using computable numbers (I'm fairly sure it is, but not completely), a great many results using topology absolutely depend on the properties of the reals that the domain of computable numbers simply don't have.
  - pault 9y ago
    This is super interesting, thanks! I love articles that dive into the historical context and philosophy underlying important math discoveries. Context is everything!
- hprotagonist 9y ago
  ahh, this looks like an early beta version of The Book from Anathem: http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Book http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Book
- semi-extrinsic 9y ago
  The author in your last reference is pure gold. Here's another one of his gems, and I quote from the abstract: """ The author proposes several new concepts of physics such as it is not mass but the attracting force of mass which warps space, electricity can be generated from space at zero cost, making of graviton bombs are for real, it is possible to include gravitons and darkons in to the standard model of particle physics, unification of quantum physics with Einstein’s relativity can be performed on the foundations of a new spherical geometric applications, & new thoughts on big bang theory , particles and pre big bang. """ http://vixra.org/abs/1306.0017 http://vixra.org/abs/1306.0017

flubert 9y ago

>anyone can upload to arxiv.org I thought you needed an endorsement from someone already in the system, or were affiliated with a university? https://arxiv.org/help/endorsement https://arxiv.org/help/endorsement

hprotagonist 9y ago
Sure, but that does not exclude people like OP. They just need to find someone (ideally to collaborate with ) who will vouch for them before they can submit their work.