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it's common in math/cs theory papers to have the order of authors be alphabetical rather than in descending order of contribution.
by yacin 2y ago
it's common in math/cs theory papers to have the order of authors be alphabetical rather than in descending order of contribution.
- writebetterc 2y agoGood, but that can also be noted in a subtitle right below the authors (I've seen this in papers myself!)
- Ar-Curunir 2y agoThe paper is not targeted at laymen, but other members of the research community, who are aware of the author ordering convention.
- mometsi 2y agoI wonder if there's a significant nominative determinism effect-- One might expect some of the most prominent people in math and cs theory to have names like Aaronson and Baez...
- chikere232 2y agoIt would be most fair to hash the names first, especially for this paper
- usefulcat 2y agoI suppose then the next question will be which author gets to choose the hash function..
- yencabulator 2y agoThey all pick one, results are XORred together.