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Mathematische Zeitschrift (Part I: for reviewers)

I am an associate editor for Math Zeitschrift. I thought that here could be a good place to record a few useful comments that I often pass on to reviewers. It is my intention for future referee requests to include … Continue reading

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Abandonware

For a young mathematician, there is a lot of pressure to publish (or perish). The role of for-profit academic publishing is to publish large amounts of crappy mathematics papers, make a lot of money, but at least in return grant … Continue reading

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