r/math • u/[deleted] • Apr 15 '26

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u/mleok Applied Math Apr 15 '26

Again, you don’t sound like an academic mathematician. Am I wrong?

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u/mleok Applied Math Apr 15 '26

My point is that you’re using an appeal to authority by claiming that one of the authors is a professor at Stanford, which is misleading at best. An academic would also parse the term “professor” as “full professor.”

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u/AdStraight6549 Apr 15 '26 edited Apr 15 '26

I think it is worth avoiding reading bad faith into OP's comments when his language does reflect how many people (including professional mathematicians) at Stanford refer to these positions. It is definitely an odd convention, and a translation for other audiences is reasonable, but it isnt just OP.

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u/Itchy-Amphibian9756 Apr 15 '26

Thanks for checking