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| Dec 10, 2017 at 17:03 | comment | added | David Halitsky | thanks so much for that thoughtful response. I think you may have a valid point that the question would be too narrow and therefore not interesting to many. But I do disagree about your characterization of the question - I am not at all asking whether it's worth studying a particular research problem. Rather, I am asking why mathematicians might not consider it uself to use a particular tool that might be applicable in many different research problems, not just mine. I any event, thanks so much again for your response. | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 16:50 | comment | added | Gerhard Paseman | Although I make an implicit assumption that the situation prompting this is a graduate student versus advisor situation, the reasons apply to other dynamics as well even if the specifics don't . So imagine also versions of my response tailored to research team, or lab director versus funding organization. Gerhard "Let's Make It Widely Applicable" Paseman, 2017.12.10. | |
| Dec 10, 2017 at 16:40 | history | answered | Gerhard Paseman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |