I don't see it that way. If it's her thesis, then it's Dr. Landau's thesis. If it's not in there, it's still a theorem of Dr. Landau's, [proved when she was a grad student], but there's no need to cite its circumstances. —Dan
On Apr 3, 2016, at 4:43 PM, James Propp <jamespropp@gmail.com> wrote:
Good point! I stand corrected (or at least better-informed); if the work being discussed predated her doctoral degree, I suspect she shouldn't have the honorific "Dr." in connection with that result.
And perhaps if she did the work when she was really young, the appropriate first name is "Susie"? :-)
I'm sorry if my response to Henry's post focussed on the issue of honorifics, rather than his admirable efforts to give credit where it's due. I meant it to be gentler than it evidently came across. (Canonical email-writer's error...)
I will feel I have I been deservedly humbled if someone now calls ME out for an elitist over-concern with academic credentials.
Jim (formerly "Jimmy") Propp
On Sunday, April 3, 2016, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
No good deed goes unpunished.
I specifically called out Dr. Prof. Landau (or Prof. Dr. Landau, or whatever) because the article I referenced didn't give proper credit to her (IMHO). If I am correct, she did this work as a graduate student prior to achieving the prescribed honorifics.
I won't make the same mistake again. From now on, it's Gauss's Lemma/Method number 279 or Euler's Theorem # whatever, and she can now join the thousands of nameless, faceless people whose own theorems/methods will never be identified with them.
At 01:38 PM 4/3/2016, Dan Asimov wrote:
I had exactly the same thought. —Dan
On Apr 3, 20116, at 1:13 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com <javascript:;>> wrote:
I know Susan Landau, and I am 99% sure she would rather be called "Dr. Landau" or "Prof. Landau" than "Ms. Landau".
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