Flouran's Math Paper

[flouran]

As per the request from this thread:
http://www.mersenneforum.org/showthread.php?t=12011
I have included a link to my math paper recently made public on the arXiv.
Feedback is welcome as I am constantly revising the paper:
http://arxiv.org/abs/0906.3533

[flouran]

I should also note, as some of you may already know, that the arXiv does allow you to submit revisions with relative ease. Once I have considered and processed everyone's feedback, I will revise the paper accordingly and update it on the arXiv (the link to the paper will still remain the same).

[flouran]

Since I am a newbie at the whole publishing process, what number-theory journals would people recommend I submit the paper to? Although I would preferably like to hear from the people on the forum who have published papers in the past, anyone is welcome to respond.

Here are some I know of:
Mathematics of Computation
Journal of Number Theory
Acta Mathematica
American Mathematical Monthly

Also, do I need to (or is it recommended) to submit my paper to AMS??

[flouran]

I took a look at the Math. Comp. submission page, and it states:

No paper that has been previously published, or is being considered for publication elsewhere, should be submitted to the American Mathematical Society, nor may a paper that is under consideration by the American Mathematical Society be submitted elsewhere.

Submission to the arXiv is not considered "published" is it (at least according to AMS)? I think AMS is adhering to the traditional definition of publication in a peer-reviewed journal. However, I am not sure.

[CRGreathouse]

It's certainly not considered to be published.

[flouran]

Originally Posted by CRGreathouse

It's certainly not considered to be published.

Good.
Just sent my manuscript to AMS electronically through the peer review submission form.

[plandon]

Is the royal we usual?

Lemma 4 to 5:
"Not long afterwards" = 25 years+

[flouran]

Originally Posted by plandon

Is the royal we usual?

Lemma 4 to 5:
"Not long afterwards" = 25 years+

I would say that 25 years is not a lot of time between mathematical discoveries in the study of pseudoprimes. I think it's more a matter of opinion than anything else, but you have a point.

[CRGreathouse]

Originally Posted by plandon

Is the royal we usual?

It was very common in math publishing at one point. It's less common now.

[Uncwilly]

Originally Posted by CRGreathouse

It was very common in math publishing at one point. It's less common now.

One would hope so.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by Uncwilly

One would hope so.

Beautiful!


At least, it is often considered to be so.


Paul