I forgot to mention my favorite idea for mathematics publication in the future: Wikiproofia. A mechanism built into Wikipedia that can mechanically _check_ submitted proofs. This needs to be done anyway, to 1) raise the standards of mathematical proofs; and 2) reduce the load on peers for peer-review. The peer review then becomes more editorial & stylistic rather than proof-checking, but with a nod to Hilbert, perhaps elegance is better left to the tailors... At 10:44 AM 3/16/2012, Eugene Salamin wrote:
Omitted from the list: (1) won't buy, (2) recommend that library discontinue subscription.
-- Gene
________________________________ From: Joerg Arndt <arndt@jjj.de> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2012 2:37 AM Subject: [math-fun] OT: Elsevier
[OT, because this is not a "fun" subject]
http://www.thecostofknowledge.com/
I got aware of this through the (German, not in-depth) news article: http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/studium/0,1518,820819,00.html