> certify new candidates by saying: "You're a doctor of mathematics when you get five professors to sign off on 3-5 papers you've had published." Or one big on

> certify new candidates by saying: "You're a doctor of mathematics when you get five professors to sign off on 3-5 papers you've had published." Or one big one. Basically, take the "honorary doctorates" some Universities give out to people retrospectively to people who have made major contributions to their fields; do it more often; and then make it the only path to getting a doctorate, such that they're no longer "honorary" at all.