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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by OscarCunningham on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @12:24PM (#18293839)
> It's pretty common in my field to use footnotes to give credit to other researchers for ideas that arose in an informal context, e.g., "I thank A. Zee for pointing this out".

Is your field Quantum Field Theory?

https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/zee/

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Re:Nobody knows how to cite 4chan mathematicians who solved ... by jessriedel on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @12:26PM (#18293860)
No, quantum information, but I always thought Tony Zee had the best whimsical name to use as an example in these situations :)
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