communing with the mathematical journal ann. acad. sci. fenn. math. in hard copy, and with the scanner.
as to why:
they're papers written in 1977 and 1981. if you know the nature of papers and journals and online access, then you'll probably know that online versions of research papers stop around the time of the internet boom (ca. 1990 or '91).
current daydreams and wishes:
- i wish i had my own scanner.
- i wish this library scanner were faster.
- i wish that i was as smart as d. sullivan, or p. tukia, or j. väisälä.
- behind every great idea is a lot of details and justification.
- i should have read these papers, far earlier.
thanks to L. for reminding me of this deep concept called "references."
4 comments:
Fortunately, there are notable exceptions: Acta Math., Annals of Math., Inventiones, Amer. J. Math, and the AMS journals.
Why would you want to scan the papers instead of photocopying?
Leonid
are these exceptions nondegenerate? often when i see an old acta paper, it's because JSTOR took the initiative and added the paper to its archive.
as to why i prefer scanning, it's selective laziness: i always forget to bring my photocopy pay card and am loathe to obtain another one. but if i scan the paper, then i can print it when i return to the department. i also reserve the right never to print it, thus saving a little paper from recycling.
moreover, in the event that i left my printed copy at the office, at home i can ftp the PDF copy and read the excerpt that i need.
i've considered posting the titles of articles i've scanned, on a page on my maths website, in case anyone ever wants the PDF copy .. but i hesitate because of copyright fears .. \:
I did not know that JSTOR had Acta articles, but you can find the entire archive of Acta (starting with vol.1, 1882/3) at http://www.actamathematica.org/
Same goes for the other Swedish journal, http://www.arkivformatematik.org/
(I guess UM is subscribed to both).
huh. the acta website does work now. thanks for the tip.
about a year or two ago i was unable to download a 1985 acta paper by nagel, stein, and wainger, and when i emailed the um library staff, their answer was "we're working on it."
evidently, that work is now done.
at that time, though, it wasn't until i visited finland and used their subscription service that i was able to obtain that paper.
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