Compromise, and you leave my papers?

From: James Harris (jstevh_at_msn.com)
Date: 10/19/04 

Date: 19 Oct 2004 14:43:14 -0700

For those of you who don't know, yes, I have for several years posted
on Usenet, often posting a lot, but decided to leave it behind me as
it wasn't effective.

Instead I wrote up a key result and sent it to a math journal.

But when the paper was put online by that journal--it's an electronic
one--sci.math'ers got together to send emails claiming the paper was
wrong.

They succeeded in convincing the editor Ioannis Argyros, who yanked my
paper immediately, and told me about it after, and refused to allow me
to answer the sci.math'ers claims:

See http://www.emis.de/journals/SWJPAM/vol2-03.html

I'd waited over nine months on that paper.

Now those posters are arguing with me claiming my *conclusion* is
wrong, and I am tired of this and would like to suggest a compromise.

Posters have repeatedly claimed that they disagree with the conclusion
of my paper.

My compromise is to change that conclusion in light of their
objections, and note that the result shown algebraically conflicts
with what follows from the definition of the ring of algebraic
integers.

I'd then like to note that it seems to be an area where further study
would be advised.

My request is that posters here arguing with me, accept that
compromise so that I don't have to worry about them mounting any more
email campaigns!

Then I can leave Usenet and get back to business and my other papers.

Arguing here is not effective, but sci.math'ers mounting emails
campaigns is.

I'd like to try and solve at least that problem before I go.

The problem is that Usenet IS effective in one clear way, as journal
editors don't typically get a horde of emails when they publish!

And I think it is clearly had an impact on the atmosphere given what
editors are telling me now.

I'd just as soon get you people off my back when it comes to my
papers.

So sci.math'ers mounting emails assaults are a direct threat, as has
been proven already.

To answer that threat I'm willing to make changes to my paper's
conclusion, which so many of you have fought against for so many
months.

You should welcome this offer.

I am willing to compromise. Are any of you?

James Harris

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