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Martin Sleziak

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Q: Is this the appropriate to post a request for arxiv reference query, or is there another site I should use?

I have found a solution to a big research problem that I want to post on arxiv. Unfortunately, due to mental illness, I haven't worked in years and have no connections in any mathematical community. Would it be appropriate to post, maybe as an answer by me to a question I posted, a proof that I ...

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Unfortunately, announcements of original work are not allowed, and such a question would be quickly closed. — Andy Putman 2 hours ago

On Academia: How to find an arXiv endorser — Martin Sleziak 23 secs ago

A: Is this the appropriate to post a request for arxiv reference query, or is there another site I should use?

Claiming $e+\pi$ is irrational is a huge piece of news if true. I can only point to the advice in this answer https://academia.stackexchange.com/a/18570/8881 and the others there, in order than you are able to appreciate the position you are in. As Andy said in the comments, posting proofs, annou...

For context to the OP, here is a recent paper that managed to make the first progress on an irrationality result for decades arxiv.org/pdf/2408.15403 It proves that no sum of integer multiples of $\pi^2$ and the number $1 - \frac{1}{2^2} + \frac{1}{4^2} - \frac{1}{5^2} + \frac{1}{7^2} - \frac{1}{8^2} + \cdots \approx 0.781302412896486296\ldots$ can be rational. It's over 200 pages long and written by some of the best people in the world in the area. And it's really quite delicate work, it turns out... — David Roberts ♦ 35 mins ago

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Q: I believe I have solved a famous open problem. How do I convince people in the field that I am not a crank?

I am interested in the situation where you have a very interesting result. For instance, you have solved a very important open problem. However, you are not known in the field and do not have any remarkable publications. Your supervisor thinks the work is good and you submit the work to a high pr...

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A: I believe I have solved a famous open problem. How do I convince people in the field that I am not a crank?

First, make sure you are not really a crank before trying to convince others. Read these common characteristics of cranks. If they apply to you then get professional help. For the rest of the answer I will assume that you have really solved a famous open problem. In the following "he" refers...

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Martin Sleziak

03:39

@MartinSleziak I had a look through that question (and others on academia.SE) just in case I thought they might be immediately useful to the OP, and most of the advice is aimed at younger academics or people adjacent to academia (eg Do you personally know any other researchers in the endorsement domain? Consider in particular former colleagues, former advisors,... or If you are a registered student in a recognized university or institute, you can register in arXiv with your school email address,... ) — David Roberts ♦ 21 mins ago

BTW there was a bit similar question on meta - now deleted: meta.mathoverflow.net/questions/6074/need-endorsement-on-arxiv

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Martin Sleziak

10:40

@DavidRoberts Yes, I agree with your comment.

I wanted to post a link to this post, as well: I believe I have solved a famous open problem. How do I convince people in the field that I am not a crank?

But then I noticed, that it is already linked to that one.

Unrelated to this - I suppose that featured is going to expire here soon: Should MO require users to register to combat AI content?

IIRC the tag featured is kept there by the system for approx. 30 days.

I saw that you removed the discussion tag - probably because you needed to add another tag and the five slotes have already been taken.

Do you plan to add the discussion tag back? Or is it better to keep the question without the tag discussion. (I'd say that it is both a discussion and a feature request.)

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