http://www.openproblemgarden.org/forum_topic/re_please_improve_presentation Comments for "Re: Please improve presentation!" en http://www.openproblemgarden.org/forum_topic/re_please_improve_presentation#comment-201 <p>Two additional arguments against the proposal to make the statements self-contained.</p> <p>1. If I would make the statements self-contained then I would need to duplicate the (rather lengthly) passage with definition of <em>funcoid</em> in every of the <a href="http://garden.irmacs.sfu.ca/?q=category/porton_victor">12 statements</a>. This would be content duplication and content duplication is a bad thing. Better to refer to one source that is <a href="http://www.mathematics21.org/algebraic-general-topology.html">my online articles</a>.</p> <p>2. Definitions alone may be not enough to catch the semantics (sense) of a mathematical object. To understand what an abstract definition really means is needed to know properties of the object not the definition alone. So to perfectly match rs's requirement for the statements to be self-contained I would need to reproduce full texts of the articles (well, without proofs) in problem discussions. This is clearly a nonsense.</p> Sun, 09 Sep 2007 12:42:21 +0200 porton comment 201 at http://www.openproblemgarden.org http://www.openproblemgarden.org/forum_topic/re_please_improve_presentation I have submitted <a href="http://garden.irmacs.sfu.ca/?q=category/porton_victor">my 12 open problems</a> to Open Problem Garden (the problems are from <a href="http://www.mathematics21.org/algebraic-general-topology.html">the manuscripts of my research</a>). <a href="http://garden.irmacs.sfu.ca/?q=user/rs">rs</a> has commented on each of the <a href="http://garden.irmacs.sfu.ca/?q=category/porton_victor">12 problems</a> the same: <pre> > Please, provide > 1) definitions of the used concepts (to make the statement self-contained) > 2) motivation (why this is important, examples, ...) > At the present state, this text is unfortunately not very useful for someone not acquainted with your manuscripts. http://www.openproblemgarden.org/forum_topic/re_please_improve_presentation#comment Sat, 08 Sep 2007 18:38:55 +0200 porton 565 at http://www.openproblemgarden.org