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What is relationship between quality of a research paper and quality of the journal in which it is published?

Assessment of scientific output of researchers is an increasingly important tasks for the scientific community. To do so, several different indicators have been used. The majority of those...

08 August 2014 543 20 View

What is the origin of "zero"?

What is the origin of zero and how do we explain it to layman?. Can we add/delete some more surprising properties to zero. Are there several types of zero like infinity? What price to pay for...

07 July 2014 3,157 88 View

When we will have author free publications?

I wonder if it will be possible in future at some time to publish without author(s) name (may be like Bourbaki http://www.ams.org/notices/200709/tx070901150p.pdf ). How it will be managed? What...

06 June 2014 8,978 24 View

Were Stone Age men happier than 21st century men?

To be happy, is one of the best feelings we all want to have. How we can measure happiness? Is there any relationship between happiness and achievements of a person? If yes, what it is? How much...

06 June 2014 683 37 View

What is difference between a research paper and an advertisement?

A research paper is a publication which add to existing body of knowledge. An advertisement is a paid publication for some gain. What when author pays in some form for publication; advertisement...

03 March 2014 3,855 17 View

Which is the best way to rank scientists?

There are several indexes (e.g. impact factor, h-index, RG Score, i10 index, citations etc) used to evaluate scientists' research productivity, mostly using the databases Google Scholar, scopus...

02 February 2013 6,921 88 View

What will the future of mathematics be in the 21st century?

Mathematics has changed enormously in the 20th century. What will be the next intellectual thrill? What skills will be in demand by society?

12 December 2012 443 21 View

How can we introduce the idea of infinity?

How can we introduce the idea of infinity to students? Its properties, relationship with zero etc.?

11 November 2012 5,941 78 View

What will happen to contemporary mathematics if it turns out that Zorn's lemma is incorrect?

I always wonder about correctness of this fundamental result which is used in most of the proofs in mathematics and how we can construct results without it.

11 November 2012 4,461 11 View

Euler's formula in mathematical world

Ref; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s_formula Euler's formula is a golden identity connecting 2 rationals, 2 irrationals and a complex number. I invite you all to comment on its...

01 January 1970 7,255 2 View