> I don't see where we disagree. That's pretty much exactly why my points are less relevant for math papers: they are supposed to be self-contained. I'd certai

> I don't see where we disagree. That's pretty much exactly why my points are less relevant for math papers: they are supposed to be self-contained. I'd certainly disagree that math papers are supposed to be self-contained (at least they are not supposed to be completely self-contained, or else they'd balloon to ridiculous size), but I think I misunderstood your comment: > To be fair, it is less applicable to math papers, than other topics, but academic papers are not easy to get information from, the main thing they are supposedly exist for. I read it as "it is less applicable to math papers than other academic papers that they are not easy to get information from." I think, based on your follow-up, that you meant instead "it is less applicable to math papers than other academic papers that they exist for getting information from." My apologies for misunderstanding.