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Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by Pinckney on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @12:53AM (#9412349)
The paper doesn't make any sense without the title:

"Can n^2 + 1 unit equilateral triangles cover an equilateral triangle of side >n, say n+\epsilon?"

Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by flashman on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:12AM (#9412395)
Ah, this is like cheating on a compression test by encoding information in the filename.
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by rahimnathwani on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @03:48AM (#9412718)
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by Lorento on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @06:38AM (#9413156)
This is a fascinating story about a smug smarty pants being outsmarted!
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by raverbashing on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:56AM (#9412475)
Or splitting it into several files
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by Sarkie on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @06:52AM (#9413203)
Great reference!
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by acadien on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:06AM (#9412384)
Also why didn't the article include both of the figures? It can all be found here for those interested; http://www.wfnmc.org/mc20101.pdf
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by pron on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @04:56AM (#9412895)
Too long.
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by Schiphol on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @03:53AM (#9412728)
Yet the title is not the authors'. Soifer [explains](http://www.wfnmc.org/mc20101.pdf):

>John Conway and I accepted the “filler”, and in the January 2005 issue our paper [12] was published. The Monthly, however, invented the title without any consultation with the authors, and added our title to the body of the article! (p. 31, my emphasis)

Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by robinhouston on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @06:04AM (#9413069)
The above is the authors’ title. The editors invented a new title, and moved the authors’ title into the body of the article.
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by Schiphol on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @06:07AM (#9413074)
Of course. "Our" title. Thanks, I stand corrected.
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by anigbrowl on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @01:21AM (#9412413)
Yeah, leaving that out of the article makes the whole thing meaningless and pretentious. Frankly I'm surprised at the restraint shown by the editors.
Re:The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words by Aardwolf on Tuesday April 21, 2015 @07:48AM (#9413374)
Ha, so the paper is breaking the "Betteridge's law of headlines" :)