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If Noga Alon and Terry Tao see it worthwhile to publish in FOCS and STOC,
They do, as do several other mathematicians. But I doubt that they think of their FOCS/STOC papers as central to their research. In fact, mathematics departments typically do not count FOCS/STOC papers as publications (for purposes of annual evaluations, tenure etc.) .
I agree that a few FOCS/STOC conference presentations adds a bit of jazz to a math cv (perhaps not so much as perhaps a PNAS or Nature publication but a little nevertheless) -- but they are certainly not treated equivalent to publication in a math journal.
Aug 17, 2010, 11:46:14 AM
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