Newton also said, "If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results." This seems to be part of the attitude OP is taking, that if oth

Newton also said, "If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results." This seems to be part of the attitude OP is taking, that if others want his best, most unique results, they should arrive at them independently. But then when someone did that with Newton (Leibniz), the resulting fallout "redounded to the discredit of all concerned." (Here is a nice summary of the beef: http://www.ams.org/notices/200905/rtx090500602p.pdf http://www.ams.org/notices/200905/rtx090500602p.pdf)