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stoutfellow) wrote2005-02-27 05:49 am
stoutfellow) wrote2005-02-27 05:49 am
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Frustrations of Research
Since sending off my New Year's paper, I've noticed that the ideas in it tie neatly to a couple of other lines of investigation I was fiddling with a few years ago. As a result, I've realized that the paper could have been a bit better; one brief section could have been expanded in an interesting way, and a couple of propositions later could (partly as a consequence) have been sharpened considerably.
I may still be able to make those changes. If the journal accepts it provisionally - i.e., if the referee makes any suggestions - that will open the door. If the journal rejects it, then I can make the changes before resubmitting it somewhere else.
It's frustrating. If I can't insert the changes here, I can still incorporate them into a later paper, but the new versions of the two propositions are so much nicer...
I may still be able to make those changes. If the journal accepts it provisionally - i.e., if the referee makes any suggestions - that will open the door. If the journal rejects it, then I can make the changes before resubmitting it somewhere else.
It's frustrating. If I can't insert the changes here, I can still incorporate them into a later paper, but the new versions of the two propositions are so much nicer...