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Re:More South Korean academics caught naming kids as co-authors by nemoniac on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @05:09PM (#21518715)
If you're in Astronomy, you may be amused to read that there is some intriguing history on virtual authors:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpher%E2%80%93Bethe%E2%80%93G...

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Re:More South Korean academics caught naming kids as co-authors by pmiller2 on Tuesday November 12, 2019 @10:15PM (#21520892)
Don’t forget Alan Smithee, a pseudonym used when a director wants to disclaim credit for a film: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Smithee

Doron Zeilberger, a mathematician, coauthors papers with his computer, which he refers to by the name Shalosh Ekhad:

http://www.math.rutgers.edu/~zeilberg/ekhad.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doron_Zeilberger

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