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In mathematics it's hugely damaging though, the conciseness of published proofs makes it much harder for other mathematicians to see how they reached that resul
by ig1 16y ago
In mathematics it's hugely damaging though, the conciseness of published proofs makes it much harder for other mathematicians to see how they reached that result. And in mathematics how you got there is as important as the end results.
Especially for students studying proofs, the step from being students to being researchers is greatly impeded by not being able to see how researchers reached the end results they did.
- rkowalick 16y agoThe space in mathematics journals is limited. They really can't afford to publish anything that isn't of the form "Theorem-Proof." What is useful is contacting people in the community surrounding a particular result, including the person (or people) that proved it. Most are more than willing to share every aspect of the problem and how their solution evolved over the course of time.
- avar 16y agoIf only there was some sort of massive distributed publishing network which mathematicians could use without worrying about page counts.