The Polygons Paper

[stoutfellow]

Well, it's in final form now. I'm having it copied and will be sending it off as soon as the copies are made. I'm very nervous about this one, for some reason. I suppose I should be reassured by the fact that there are published papers using somewhat similar techniques out there, although my specific line of attack seems to be somewhat different.

I don't know why this one is giving me jitters. (Or maybe it's the large cup of strong coffee I drank an hour or so ago...) But enough; I've fiddled with it, in one form or another, for about five years now, and it needs to get out there.

Comments

[ndrosen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the paper! Will it be comprehensible to the less mathematical among us? People who scarcely know anything beyond a smidgen of tensor calculus and group theory? Will remembering what a polygon is from tenth grade geometry help, or does one need to know a *lot* more than that? Congratulations on your accomplishment whether your friends can understand it or not.

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Well, if you're curious, I discussed the content of the paper in four posts here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/stoutfellow/58292.html), here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/stoutfellow/58918.html), here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/stoutfellow/59208.html), and here (http://www.livejournal.com/users/stoutfellow/59679.html). I don't know how well I succeeded in making it accessible to non-mathematicians, though.

[ndrosen.livejournal.com]

I've now read the four mini-articles. That's good!

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Here's hoping the editors at the Journal of Geometry agree with you.