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Don’t cite my paper!

Posted on April 26, 2021 by Persiflage

The process of publishing a paper is an extremely long one, and it is not atypical to take several years from the first submission to the paper finally being accepted. The one part of the process that happens extremely quickly, … Continue reading →

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Mathematische Zeitschrift (Part II: for authors)

Posted on August 5, 2019 by Persiflage

In this post, I give some tips for authors considering submitting to Math Zeitschrift, especially a paper in algebraic number theory. The first suggestion is to read Part I. This should give you a good sense of the standards required. … Continue reading →

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The Journal of Number Theory experiment

Posted on April 4, 2019 by Persiflage

The Journal of Number Theory has been (for some time) the standard “specialist” journal for number theory papers. By that, I mean it was a home for reasonably good number theory papers which were not (necessarily) good enough for some … Continue reading →

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Random Photos

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Persiflage

Lunt Hall, the Northwestern mathematics building,  recently underwent an upgrade of the fire alarm system. This includes introducing informative new signage, such as the following: Another change is that the “internal” window to my office was boarded up. The window … Continue reading →

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