Nicely explained in Quanta by @EricaKlarreich:https://www.quantamagazine.org/sci-fi-writer-greg-egan-and-anonymous-math-whiz-advance-permutation-problem-20181105/ …
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Shouldn't they cite the anonymous 4chan poster? Instead of adding them as an author (presumably) without permission.
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I wondered about that too. Seems unclear, with a good case both for and against. I sympathize with the authors' decision, but wouldn't necessarily have done the same thing.
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I just wrote about this yesterday for Quanta, in case you're interested!https://www.quantamagazine.org/sci-fi-writer-greg-egan-and-anonymous-math-whiz-advance-permutation-problem-20181105/ …
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nice, next you'll know, anonymous 4chan poster gets job offers from universities
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@dingens : tl;dr plz -
der link zu dem 4chan-thread ging letztens rum, und es wurde sich gefragt wie man jetzt damit umgeht, weil wie soll man das jetzt zitieren etc
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greg egan the writer??
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