Re: Prestigious mathematics journals

From: robert j. kolker (nowhere_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 12/01/04 

Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:01:54 GMT

Gerry Myerson wrote:
>
> Indeed. I don't think you'll find the American Mathematical Monthly
> on anyone's list of most prestigious journals, but I think people are
> very eager to publish there. It has high standards and a lot of people
> read it.

As Journals go it is middle-brow. Original results are published there,
but also a lot of review type articles. Very Long peices like the
Feit-Thompson proof of the Burnside Conjecture will not find a home
there. It is very accessible to young mathematicians just beginning to
publish. Also, amateurs have a reasonably good chance of publishing
short notes in MAA American Mathematical Monthly.

Bob Kolker

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