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There's plenty of humor on arXiv, and that's part of why it's so incredible! Some lists: https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/86346/is-it-ok-to-upload

by btown 2y ago

There's plenty of humor on arXiv, and that's part of why it's so incredible! Some lists: https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/86346/is-it-ok-to-upload-joke-papers-to-arxiv https://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/86346/is-it-ok-... https://www.ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers.html https://www.ellipsix.net/arxiv-joke-papers.html

azeemba 2y ago
Consider posting this as a new post! It seems like a fun list to read through
mananaysiempre 2y ago
Joke titles and/or author lists are also quite popular, e.g. the Greenberg, Greenberger, Greenbergest paper[1], a paper with a cat coauthor whose title I can’t seem to recall (but I’m sure there’s more than one I’ve encountered), or even the venerable, unfortunate in its joke but foundational in its substance Alpher, Bethe, Gamow paper[2]. Somewhat closer to home, I think computer scientist Conor McBride[3] is the champion of paper titles (entries include “Elimination with a motive”, “The gentle art of levitation”, “I am not a number: I am a free variable”, “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right”, and “Doo bee doo bee doo”) and sometimes code in papers: letmeB this (F you) | you == me = B this | otherwise = F you letmeB this (B that) = B that letmeB this (App fun arg) = letmeB this fun `App` letmeB this arg (Yes, this is working code; yes, it’s crystal clear in the context of the paper.) [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9306225 https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9306225 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93Gamow_paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93G... [3] http://strictlypositive.org/ http://strictlypositive.org/
- gjm11 2y ago
  > paper with a cat coauthor whose title I can't seem to recall You probably have in mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard (coauthor of multiple papers, sole author of at least one).

by btown 2y ago

azeemba 2y ago

Consider posting this as a new post! It seems like a fun list to read through

mananaysiempre 2y ago

Joke titles and/or author lists are also quite popular, e.g. the Greenberg, Greenberger, Greenbergest paper[1], a paper with a cat coauthor whose title I can’t seem to recall (but I’m sure there’s more than one I’ve encountered), or even the venerable, unfortunate in its joke but foundational in its substance Alpher, Bethe, Gamow paper[2]. Somewhat closer to home, I think computer scientist Conor McBride[3] is the champion of paper titles (entries include “Elimination with a motive”, “The gentle art of levitation”, “I am not a number: I am a free variable”, “Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right”, and “Doo bee doo bee doo”) and sometimes code in papers: letmeB this (F you) | you == me = B this | otherwise = F you letmeB this (B that) = B that letmeB this (App fun arg) = letmeB this fun `App` letmeB this arg (Yes, this is working code; yes, it’s crystal clear in the context of the paper.) [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9306225 https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-ph/9306225 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93Gamow_paper https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93G... [3] http://strictlypositive.org/ http://strictlypositive.org/

gjm11 2y ago
> paper with a cat coauthor whose title I can't seem to recall You probably have in mind https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._D._C._Willard (coauthor of multiple papers, sole author of at least one).