submitting and securing original work

[richardt]

Greetings: Throughout my long tenure as an amateur mathematician, I have generated a host of what I once thought were original concepts. Only once have I failed to discover that someone else had long before discovered and published the same ideas. At long last, I may have stumbled upon an original idea.

The questions: i) Can anyone suggest a respected math journal to which I might submit my idea to be considered for publication? (I wrote an article complete with details).

ii) While the idea is less than mind shattering, I would like to protect the work nonetheless. How can I do that?

Thank you kindly.

Rich riggaman

 

[wjm11]

Greetings: Throughout my long tenure as an amateur mathematician, I have generated a host of what I once thought were original concepts. Only once have I failed to discover that someone else had long before discovered and published the same ideas. At long last, I may have stumbled upon an original idea.

The questions: i) Can anyone suggest a respected math journal to which I might submit my idea to be considered for publication? (I wrote an article complete with details).

ii) While the idea is less than mind shattering, I would like to protect the work nonetheless. How can I do that?

Thank you kindly.

Rich riggaman

You could simply self-publish online. Consider this:

"In August 2012, Shinichi Mochizuki, Japanese mathematician from Kyoto University’s Research Institute for Mathematical Sciences, posted four papers on his website that claimed to contain a proof of the important ABC conjecture. This was a potential bombshell, as the ABC conjecture holds the key to solving several other important problems.

However, most mathematicians are still flummoxed by the proof which uses a new branch of the field too abstract even to them. It is not as though Mochizuki has made elaborate attempts to either publicise his work or render it more comprehensible by giving lectures about it around the world. His approach seems to be to quietly work for about a decade in near isolation, and then, equally quietly, to post the proof online!"

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/sc...ved-but-still-out-of-reach/article7774334.ece

 

[richardt]

Thank you for your response. I will look into self-publishing.