Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved an interesting problem

Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by z_open on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:38AM (#18292271)

Ethically do you even have to cite something properly when the person who solved it was intentionally anonymous? If the concern is that people will think the person writing solved it, they can just write a sentence where it came from.

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by dzdt on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:49AM (#18292369)

Academia has no problem with pseudonymous publication. See "Student" of "Student's T distribution" fame. [1]

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sealy_Gosset

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by avinassh on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @11:31AM (#18293264)

> Academia has no problem with pseudonymous publication

another great example is Bitcoin paper.

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by ceejayoz on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:41AM (#18292304)

> Ethically do you even have to cite something properly when the person who solved it was intentionally anonymous?

Yes. Not because they need/want the credit, but because it's important to note that it's not your idea.

> If the concern is that people will think the person writing solved it, they can just write a sentence where it came from.

That is, basically, what a citation is.

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by GiuseppaAcciaio on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:49AM (#18292372)

Not to mention that a citation is there not only to show the world whose content you are referencing, but also because in case the reader doesn't believe you and wants to go check, they can do so by following the citation

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by k__ on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:47AM (#18292360)

Who can proof that it isn't your idea?

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by ceejayoz on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @09:50AM (#18292388)

Intentional academic dishonesty is an entirely separate issue. If you're going to plagiarize, it doesn't really matter if there's a formal way of citing the material you don't plan to cite.

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by sandov on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @10:24AM (#18292646)

4chan

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