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Is this footnote from one of Perelman's papers meant to be a joke, or is it mandatory to list one's source of funding?
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In one of Grisha Perelman's papers, on the first page there's a footnote where he says,
∗St.Petersburg branch of Steklov Mathematical Institute, Fontanka 27,
St.Petersburg 191011, Russia. Email: perelman@pdmi.ras.ru or
perelman@math.sunysb.edu ; I was partially supported by personal
savings accumulated during my visits to the Courant Institute in the
Fall of 1992, to the SUNY at Stony Brook in the Spring of 1993, and to
the UC at Berkeley as a Miller Fellow in 1993-95. I’d like to thank
everyone who worked to make those opportunities available to me.
Is this footnote from his famous paper meant to be a joke, or is it actually necessary to list one's source of funding, even if it's one's personal savings?
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In one of Grisha Perelman's papers, on the first page there's a footnote where he says,
∗St.Petersburg branch of Steklov Mathematical Institute, Fontanka 27,
St.Petersburg 191011, Russia. Email: perelman@pdmi.ras.ru or
perelman@math.sunysb.edu ; I was partially supported by personal
savings accumulated during my visits to the Courant Institute in the
Fall of 1992, to the SUNY at Stony Brook in the Spring of 1993, and to
the UC at Berkeley as a Miller Fellow in 1993-95. I’d like to thank
everyone who worked to make those opportunities available to me.
Is this footnote from his famous paper meant to be a joke, or is it actually necessary to list one's source of funding, even if it's one's personal savings?
publications research-process mathematics funding
asked Aug 25 at 11:10
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I interpret it as he listed the institutes he visited that helped him arrive at the proof, but also wanted to point out he wasn't paid via any grant or by any institution per se. Might look a bit jokingly for you, but he might in fact be more serious about it. Who knows.
– corey979
Aug 25 at 11:56
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There's a preprint that I can't find anymore where people acknowledge funding from several bank robbery in the Chicago area.
– Adam
Aug 25 at 12:17
Vaguely related: What are the moral and legal consequences of “not thanking†government for not providing viable grants?
– E.P.
Aug 26 at 17:26
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I don't think it is a joke. It is clear he is a man of integrity who would rather use his saved honestly earned money to do the work of his choice then to sell out to become some circus animal used by others to play with peoples heads. There's far enough people getting paid to do that in our world already.
– mathreadler
Aug 26 at 18:20
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Note that the time period here coincides with the period immediately following collapse of the soviet union and the, a period of time where funding for academics crashed, when many Russian Academics were looking to leave due to the dire financial situation and lack of funding for their projects. I would interpret this as an acknowledgement of the difficulties of that time period and the enormous help in his personal transition that was facilitated by western institutions.
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Aug 28 at 0:10
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In one of Grisha Perelman's papers, on the first page there's a footnote where he says,
∗St.Petersburg branch of Steklov Mathematical Institute, Fontanka 27,
St.Petersburg 191011, Russia. Email: perelman@pdmi.ras.ru or
perelman@math.sunysb.edu ; I was partially supported by personal
savings accumulated during my visits to the Courant Institute in the
Fall of 1992, to the SUNY at Stony Brook in the Spring of 1993, and to
the UC at Berkeley as a Miller Fellow in 1993-95. I’d like to thank
everyone who worked to make those opportunities available to me.
Is this footnote from his famous paper meant to be a joke, or is it actually necessary to list one's source of funding, even if it's one's personal savings?
publications research-process mathematics funding
asked Aug 25 at 11:10
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In one of Grisha Perelman's papers, on the first page there's a footnote where he says,
∗St.Petersburg branch of Steklov Mathematical Institute, Fontanka 27,
St.Petersburg 191011, Russia. Email: perelman@pdmi.ras.ru or
perelman@math.sunysb.edu ; I was partially supported by personal
savings accumulated during my visits to the Courant Institute in the
Fall of 1992, to the SUNY at Stony Brook in the Spring of 1993, and to
the UC at Berkeley as a Miller Fellow in 1993-95. I’d like to thank
everyone who worked to make those opportunities available to me.
Is this footnote from his famous paper meant to be a joke, or is it actually necessary to list one's source of funding, even if it's one's personal savings?
publications research-process mathematics funding
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I interpret it as he listed the institutes he visited that helped him arrive at the proof, but also wanted to point out he wasn't paid via any grant or by any institution per se. Might look a bit jokingly for you, but he might in fact be more serious about it. Who knows.
– corey979
Aug 25 at 11:56
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There's a preprint that I can't find anymore where people acknowledge funding from several bank robbery in the Chicago area.
– Adam
Aug 25 at 12:17
Vaguely related: What are the moral and legal consequences of “not thanking†government for not providing viable grants?
– E.P.
Aug 26 at 17:26
9
I don't think it is a joke. It is clear he is a man of integrity who would rather use his saved honestly earned money to do the work of his choice then to sell out to become some circus animal used by others to play with peoples heads. There's far enough people getting paid to do that in our world already.
– mathreadler
Aug 26 at 18:20
9
Note that the time period here coincides with the period immediately following collapse of the soviet union and the, a period of time where funding for academics crashed, when many Russian Academics were looking to leave due to the dire financial situation and lack of funding for their projects. I would interpret this as an acknowledgement of the difficulties of that time period and the enormous help in his personal transition that was facilitated by western institutions.
– crasic
Aug 28 at 0:10
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I interpret it as he listed the institutes he visited that helped him arrive at the proof, but also wanted to point out he wasn't paid via any grant or by any institution per se. Might look a bit jokingly for you, but he might in fact be more serious about it. Who knows.
– corey979
Aug 25 at 11:56
28
There's a preprint that I can't find anymore where people acknowledge funding from several bank robbery in the Chicago area.
– Adam
Aug 25 at 12:17
Vaguely related: What are the moral and legal consequences of “not thanking†government for not providing viable grants?
– E.P.
Aug 26 at 17:26
9
I don't think it is a joke. It is clear he is a man of integrity who would rather use his saved honestly earned money to do the work of his choice then to sell out to become some circus animal used by others to play with peoples heads. There's far enough people getting paid to do that in our world already.
– mathreadler
Aug 26 at 18:20
9
Note that the time period here coincides with the period immediately following collapse of the soviet union and the, a period of time where funding for academics crashed, when many Russian Academics were looking to leave due to the dire financial situation and lack of funding for their projects. I would interpret this as an acknowledgement of the difficulties of that time period and the enormous help in his personal transition that was facilitated by western institutions.
– crasic
Aug 28 at 0:10
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I interpret it as he listed the institutes he visited that helped him arrive at the proof, but also wanted to point out he wasn't paid via any grant or by any institution per se. Might look a bit jokingly for you, but he might in fact be more serious about it. Who knows.
– corey979
Aug 25 at 11:56
I interpret it as he listed the institutes he visited that helped him arrive at the proof, but also wanted to point out he wasn't paid via any grant or by any institution per se. Might look a bit jokingly for you, but he might in fact be more serious about it. Who knows.
– corey979
Aug 25 at 11:56
28
28
There's a preprint that I can't find anymore where people acknowledge funding from several bank robbery in the Chicago area.
– Adam
Aug 25 at 12:17
There's a preprint that I can't find anymore where people acknowledge funding from several bank robbery in the Chicago area.
– Adam
Aug 25 at 12:17
Vaguely related: What are the moral and legal consequences of “not thanking†government for not providing viable grants?
– E.P.
Aug 26 at 17:26
Vaguely related: What are the moral and legal consequences of “not thanking†government for not providing viable grants?
– E.P.
Aug 26 at 17:26
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9
I don't think it is a joke. It is clear he is a man of integrity who would rather use his saved honestly earned money to do the work of his choice then to sell out to become some circus animal used by others to play with peoples heads. There's far enough people getting paid to do that in our world already.
– mathreadler
Aug 26 at 18:20
I don't think it is a joke. It is clear he is a man of integrity who would rather use his saved honestly earned money to do the work of his choice then to sell out to become some circus animal used by others to play with peoples heads. There's far enough people getting paid to do that in our world already.
– mathreadler
Aug 26 at 18:20
9
9
Note that the time period here coincides with the period immediately following collapse of the soviet union and the, a period of time where funding for academics crashed, when many Russian Academics were looking to leave due to the dire financial situation and lack of funding for their projects. I would interpret this as an acknowledgement of the difficulties of that time period and the enormous help in his personal transition that was facilitated by western institutions.
– crasic
Aug 28 at 0:10
Note that the time period here coincides with the period immediately following collapse of the soviet union and the, a period of time where funding for academics crashed, when many Russian Academics were looking to leave due to the dire financial situation and lack of funding for their projects. I would interpret this as an acknowledgement of the difficulties of that time period and the enormous help in his personal transition that was facilitated by western institutions.
– crasic
Aug 28 at 0:10
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Indeed, funding agencies require authors to acknowledge their funding, but it's not mandatory to acknowledge personal resources.
To me, however, that footnote doesn't sound like a joke at all, but a sincere acknowledgement of those who have supported him during previous years allowing him to have savings (and during those visits he might have worked on different topics).
That said, there are certainly a lot of joking acknowledgments around.
answered Aug 25 at 13:31
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Yes, if anything he's going out of his way to be courteous, by acknowledging institutions that didn't technically support the work in question in the usual sense.
– user37208
Aug 25 at 15:48
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Those savings probably took him far. Science funding in non-EU post-soviet countries is all state-controlled and pretty miserable, while cost of living is also low. I remember I made $500 from my week-long research trip to Poland and made it last a year in Ukraine. Enough to push my non-profit post-doc through the finish line right before my last pair of shoes fell apart. Certainly worth an acknowledgement.
– Arthur Tarasov
Aug 26 at 9:49
I think it is important to mention self-funding if that is your primary source. Not mentioning any research funding will cause the work's validity to be called into question (hiding conflict-of-interest, supported by an illegal body etc). So, it if is self-funded (rare and a terrible idea, but possible), that should be mentioned.
– Phil
Aug 27 at 23:30
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I find the dichotomy of your title question a bit strange.
No, one is not required to acknowledge personal funding sources, but in academic papers one often acknowledges / otherwise thanks people and things in the absence of any requirement to do so.
Though I do not know Perelman personally, I know him by reputation: he is a person of great integrity. It is not a joke to thank people and places that supported you, especially if you have (by choice or otherwise) modest financial means.
I suggest that this footnote of Perelman's be taken at face value, as an expression of gratitude, which (like most expressions of gratitude!) was not required to be made.
answered Aug 25 at 19:33
Pete L. Clark
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Since you seem to be saying that you don't get why the OP might have thought this was intended humorously . . . imagine that a news article mentions someone named John Doe, and then there's a parenthetical note "disclosure: the editor of this newspaper is also named John Doe". The note serves a valid news purpose -- clarifying that this John Doe is not the same as the editor -- but it comes across as humorous because placing it in a "disclosure" notice makes it sound as if the shared name creates a potential conflict of interest. [continued]
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:54
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[continued] Similarly, an "I was partially supported by personal savings" notice, in the slot where one normally discloses/acknowledges funding sources, may come across as humorous, as if Perelman were disclosing/acknowledging himself as a funding source. (I agree with you that that was not his intention. But I understand why the OP would wonder.)
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:55
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No, it isn't required to list your own personal resources.
But whether it is a joke or not you should decide for yourself. Perelman has interesting views. He has declined a Fields Medal, for example.
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I think it's worth remembering that Perelman left mathematics apparently with quite a disdain for the way academia/mathematics functions. Given that, the acknowledgements may be intended to highlight an aspect of academia that is not usually written about.
answered Aug 27 at 7:03
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Perelman left mathematics (long) after he published his articles...
– Edi
Aug 27 at 11:34
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@Edi That doesn't mean he didn't have opinions when he did publish them. I don't claim to know, I just think it's an option that should be in the list.
– Jessica B
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Indeed, funding agencies require authors to acknowledge their funding, but it's not mandatory to acknowledge personal resources.
To me, however, that footnote doesn't sound like a joke at all, but a sincere acknowledgement of those who have supported him during previous years allowing him to have savings (and during those visits he might have worked on different topics).
That said, there are certainly a lot of joking acknowledgments around.
answered Aug 25 at 13:31
Massimo Ortolano
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Yes, if anything he's going out of his way to be courteous, by acknowledging institutions that didn't technically support the work in question in the usual sense.
– user37208
Aug 25 at 15:48
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Those savings probably took him far. Science funding in non-EU post-soviet countries is all state-controlled and pretty miserable, while cost of living is also low. I remember I made $500 from my week-long research trip to Poland and made it last a year in Ukraine. Enough to push my non-profit post-doc through the finish line right before my last pair of shoes fell apart. Certainly worth an acknowledgement.
– Arthur Tarasov
Aug 26 at 9:49
I think it is important to mention self-funding if that is your primary source. Not mentioning any research funding will cause the work's validity to be called into question (hiding conflict-of-interest, supported by an illegal body etc). So, it if is self-funded (rare and a terrible idea, but possible), that should be mentioned.
– Phil
Aug 27 at 23:30
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Indeed, funding agencies require authors to acknowledge their funding, but it's not mandatory to acknowledge personal resources.
To me, however, that footnote doesn't sound like a joke at all, but a sincere acknowledgement of those who have supported him during previous years allowing him to have savings (and during those visits he might have worked on different topics).
That said, there are certainly a lot of joking acknowledgments around.
answered Aug 25 at 13:31
Massimo Ortolano
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Yes, if anything he's going out of his way to be courteous, by acknowledging institutions that didn't technically support the work in question in the usual sense.
– user37208
Aug 25 at 15:48
11
Those savings probably took him far. Science funding in non-EU post-soviet countries is all state-controlled and pretty miserable, while cost of living is also low. I remember I made $500 from my week-long research trip to Poland and made it last a year in Ukraine. Enough to push my non-profit post-doc through the finish line right before my last pair of shoes fell apart. Certainly worth an acknowledgement.
– Arthur Tarasov
Aug 26 at 9:49
I think it is important to mention self-funding if that is your primary source. Not mentioning any research funding will cause the work's validity to be called into question (hiding conflict-of-interest, supported by an illegal body etc). So, it if is self-funded (rare and a terrible idea, but possible), that should be mentioned.
– Phil
Aug 27 at 23:30
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up vote
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Indeed, funding agencies require authors to acknowledge their funding, but it's not mandatory to acknowledge personal resources.
To me, however, that footnote doesn't sound like a joke at all, but a sincere acknowledgement of those who have supported him during previous years allowing him to have savings (and during those visits he might have worked on different topics).
That said, there are certainly a lot of joking acknowledgments around.
answered Aug 25 at 13:31
Massimo Ortolano
37.3k11110144
Indeed, funding agencies require authors to acknowledge their funding, but it's not mandatory to acknowledge personal resources.
To me, however, that footnote doesn't sound like a joke at all, but a sincere acknowledgement of those who have supported him during previous years allowing him to have savings (and during those visits he might have worked on different topics).
That said, there are certainly a lot of joking acknowledgments around.
answered Aug 25 at 13:31
Massimo Ortolano
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answered Aug 25 at 13:31
Massimo Ortolano
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answered Aug 25 at 13:31
Massimo Ortolano
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answered Aug 25 at 13:31
Massimo Ortolano
37.3k11110144
37.3k11110144
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Yes, if anything he's going out of his way to be courteous, by acknowledging institutions that didn't technically support the work in question in the usual sense.
– user37208
Aug 25 at 15:48
11
Those savings probably took him far. Science funding in non-EU post-soviet countries is all state-controlled and pretty miserable, while cost of living is also low. I remember I made $500 from my week-long research trip to Poland and made it last a year in Ukraine. Enough to push my non-profit post-doc through the finish line right before my last pair of shoes fell apart. Certainly worth an acknowledgement.
– Arthur Tarasov
Aug 26 at 9:49
I think it is important to mention self-funding if that is your primary source. Not mentioning any research funding will cause the work's validity to be called into question (hiding conflict-of-interest, supported by an illegal body etc). So, it if is self-funded (rare and a terrible idea, but possible), that should be mentioned.
– Phil
Aug 27 at 23:30
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16
Yes, if anything he's going out of his way to be courteous, by acknowledging institutions that didn't technically support the work in question in the usual sense.
– user37208
Aug 25 at 15:48
11
Those savings probably took him far. Science funding in non-EU post-soviet countries is all state-controlled and pretty miserable, while cost of living is also low. I remember I made $500 from my week-long research trip to Poland and made it last a year in Ukraine. Enough to push my non-profit post-doc through the finish line right before my last pair of shoes fell apart. Certainly worth an acknowledgement.
– Arthur Tarasov
Aug 26 at 9:49
I think it is important to mention self-funding if that is your primary source. Not mentioning any research funding will cause the work's validity to be called into question (hiding conflict-of-interest, supported by an illegal body etc). So, it if is self-funded (rare and a terrible idea, but possible), that should be mentioned.
– Phil
Aug 27 at 23:30
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Yes, if anything he's going out of his way to be courteous, by acknowledging institutions that didn't technically support the work in question in the usual sense.
– user37208
Aug 25 at 15:48
Yes, if anything he's going out of his way to be courteous, by acknowledging institutions that didn't technically support the work in question in the usual sense.
– user37208
Aug 25 at 15:48
11
11
Those savings probably took him far. Science funding in non-EU post-soviet countries is all state-controlled and pretty miserable, while cost of living is also low. I remember I made $500 from my week-long research trip to Poland and made it last a year in Ukraine. Enough to push my non-profit post-doc through the finish line right before my last pair of shoes fell apart. Certainly worth an acknowledgement.
– Arthur Tarasov
Aug 26 at 9:49
Those savings probably took him far. Science funding in non-EU post-soviet countries is all state-controlled and pretty miserable, while cost of living is also low. I remember I made $500 from my week-long research trip to Poland and made it last a year in Ukraine. Enough to push my non-profit post-doc through the finish line right before my last pair of shoes fell apart. Certainly worth an acknowledgement.
– Arthur Tarasov
Aug 26 at 9:49
I think it is important to mention self-funding if that is your primary source. Not mentioning any research funding will cause the work's validity to be called into question (hiding conflict-of-interest, supported by an illegal body etc). So, it if is self-funded (rare and a terrible idea, but possible), that should be mentioned.
– Phil
Aug 27 at 23:30
I think it is important to mention self-funding if that is your primary source. Not mentioning any research funding will cause the work's validity to be called into question (hiding conflict-of-interest, supported by an illegal body etc). So, it if is self-funded (rare and a terrible idea, but possible), that should be mentioned.
– Phil
Aug 27 at 23:30
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I find the dichotomy of your title question a bit strange.
No, one is not required to acknowledge personal funding sources, but in academic papers one often acknowledges / otherwise thanks people and things in the absence of any requirement to do so.
Though I do not know Perelman personally, I know him by reputation: he is a person of great integrity. It is not a joke to thank people and places that supported you, especially if you have (by choice or otherwise) modest financial means.
I suggest that this footnote of Perelman's be taken at face value, as an expression of gratitude, which (like most expressions of gratitude!) was not required to be made.
answered Aug 25 at 19:33
Pete L. Clark
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Since you seem to be saying that you don't get why the OP might have thought this was intended humorously . . . imagine that a news article mentions someone named John Doe, and then there's a parenthetical note "disclosure: the editor of this newspaper is also named John Doe". The note serves a valid news purpose -- clarifying that this John Doe is not the same as the editor -- but it comes across as humorous because placing it in a "disclosure" notice makes it sound as if the shared name creates a potential conflict of interest. [continued]
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:54
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[continued] Similarly, an "I was partially supported by personal savings" notice, in the slot where one normally discloses/acknowledges funding sources, may come across as humorous, as if Perelman were disclosing/acknowledging himself as a funding source. (I agree with you that that was not his intention. But I understand why the OP would wonder.)
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:55
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I find the dichotomy of your title question a bit strange.
No, one is not required to acknowledge personal funding sources, but in academic papers one often acknowledges / otherwise thanks people and things in the absence of any requirement to do so.
Though I do not know Perelman personally, I know him by reputation: he is a person of great integrity. It is not a joke to thank people and places that supported you, especially if you have (by choice or otherwise) modest financial means.
I suggest that this footnote of Perelman's be taken at face value, as an expression of gratitude, which (like most expressions of gratitude!) was not required to be made.
answered Aug 25 at 19:33
Pete L. Clark
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Since you seem to be saying that you don't get why the OP might have thought this was intended humorously . . . imagine that a news article mentions someone named John Doe, and then there's a parenthetical note "disclosure: the editor of this newspaper is also named John Doe". The note serves a valid news purpose -- clarifying that this John Doe is not the same as the editor -- but it comes across as humorous because placing it in a "disclosure" notice makes it sound as if the shared name creates a potential conflict of interest. [continued]
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:54
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[continued] Similarly, an "I was partially supported by personal savings" notice, in the slot where one normally discloses/acknowledges funding sources, may come across as humorous, as if Perelman were disclosing/acknowledging himself as a funding source. (I agree with you that that was not his intention. But I understand why the OP would wonder.)
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:55
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up vote
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I find the dichotomy of your title question a bit strange.
No, one is not required to acknowledge personal funding sources, but in academic papers one often acknowledges / otherwise thanks people and things in the absence of any requirement to do so.
Though I do not know Perelman personally, I know him by reputation: he is a person of great integrity. It is not a joke to thank people and places that supported you, especially if you have (by choice or otherwise) modest financial means.
I suggest that this footnote of Perelman's be taken at face value, as an expression of gratitude, which (like most expressions of gratitude!) was not required to be made.
answered Aug 25 at 19:33
Pete L. Clark
111k23298456
I find the dichotomy of your title question a bit strange.
No, one is not required to acknowledge personal funding sources, but in academic papers one often acknowledges / otherwise thanks people and things in the absence of any requirement to do so.
Though I do not know Perelman personally, I know him by reputation: he is a person of great integrity. It is not a joke to thank people and places that supported you, especially if you have (by choice or otherwise) modest financial means.
I suggest that this footnote of Perelman's be taken at face value, as an expression of gratitude, which (like most expressions of gratitude!) was not required to be made.
answered Aug 25 at 19:33
Pete L. Clark
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answered Aug 25 at 19:33
Pete L. Clark
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answered Aug 25 at 19:33
Pete L. Clark
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answered Aug 25 at 19:33
Pete L. Clark
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Since you seem to be saying that you don't get why the OP might have thought this was intended humorously . . . imagine that a news article mentions someone named John Doe, and then there's a parenthetical note "disclosure: the editor of this newspaper is also named John Doe". The note serves a valid news purpose -- clarifying that this John Doe is not the same as the editor -- but it comes across as humorous because placing it in a "disclosure" notice makes it sound as if the shared name creates a potential conflict of interest. [continued]
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:54
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[continued] Similarly, an "I was partially supported by personal savings" notice, in the slot where one normally discloses/acknowledges funding sources, may come across as humorous, as if Perelman were disclosing/acknowledging himself as a funding source. (I agree with you that that was not his intention. But I understand why the OP would wonder.)
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:55
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Since you seem to be saying that you don't get why the OP might have thought this was intended humorously . . . imagine that a news article mentions someone named John Doe, and then there's a parenthetical note "disclosure: the editor of this newspaper is also named John Doe". The note serves a valid news purpose -- clarifying that this John Doe is not the same as the editor -- but it comes across as humorous because placing it in a "disclosure" notice makes it sound as if the shared name creates a potential conflict of interest. [continued]
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:54
7
[continued] Similarly, an "I was partially supported by personal savings" notice, in the slot where one normally discloses/acknowledges funding sources, may come across as humorous, as if Perelman were disclosing/acknowledging himself as a funding source. (I agree with you that that was not his intention. But I understand why the OP would wonder.)
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:55
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Since you seem to be saying that you don't get why the OP might have thought this was intended humorously . . . imagine that a news article mentions someone named John Doe, and then there's a parenthetical note "disclosure: the editor of this newspaper is also named John Doe". The note serves a valid news purpose -- clarifying that this John Doe is not the same as the editor -- but it comes across as humorous because placing it in a "disclosure" notice makes it sound as if the shared name creates a potential conflict of interest. [continued]
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:54
Since you seem to be saying that you don't get why the OP might have thought this was intended humorously . . . imagine that a news article mentions someone named John Doe, and then there's a parenthetical note "disclosure: the editor of this newspaper is also named John Doe". The note serves a valid news purpose -- clarifying that this John Doe is not the same as the editor -- but it comes across as humorous because placing it in a "disclosure" notice makes it sound as if the shared name creates a potential conflict of interest. [continued]
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Aug 26 at 0:54
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[continued] Similarly, an "I was partially supported by personal savings" notice, in the slot where one normally discloses/acknowledges funding sources, may come across as humorous, as if Perelman were disclosing/acknowledging himself as a funding source. (I agree with you that that was not his intention. But I understand why the OP would wonder.)
– ruakh
Aug 26 at 0:55
[continued] Similarly, an "I was partially supported by personal savings" notice, in the slot where one normally discloses/acknowledges funding sources, may come across as humorous, as if Perelman were disclosing/acknowledging himself as a funding source. (I agree with you that that was not his intention. But I understand why the OP would wonder.)
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Aug 26 at 0:55
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No, it isn't required to list your own personal resources.
But whether it is a joke or not you should decide for yourself. Perelman has interesting views. He has declined a Fields Medal, for example.
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No, it isn't required to list your own personal resources.
But whether it is a joke or not you should decide for yourself. Perelman has interesting views. He has declined a Fields Medal, for example.
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No, it isn't required to list your own personal resources.
But whether it is a joke or not you should decide for yourself. Perelman has interesting views. He has declined a Fields Medal, for example.
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No, it isn't required to list your own personal resources.
But whether it is a joke or not you should decide for yourself. Perelman has interesting views. He has declined a Fields Medal, for example.
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I think it's worth remembering that Perelman left mathematics apparently with quite a disdain for the way academia/mathematics functions. Given that, the acknowledgements may be intended to highlight an aspect of academia that is not usually written about.
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Perelman left mathematics (long) after he published his articles...
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@Edi That doesn't mean he didn't have opinions when he did publish them. I don't claim to know, I just think it's an option that should be in the list.
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I think it's worth remembering that Perelman left mathematics apparently with quite a disdain for the way academia/mathematics functions. Given that, the acknowledgements may be intended to highlight an aspect of academia that is not usually written about.
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Perelman left mathematics (long) after he published his articles...
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@Edi That doesn't mean he didn't have opinions when he did publish them. I don't claim to know, I just think it's an option that should be in the list.
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I think it's worth remembering that Perelman left mathematics apparently with quite a disdain for the way academia/mathematics functions. Given that, the acknowledgements may be intended to highlight an aspect of academia that is not usually written about.
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I think it's worth remembering that Perelman left mathematics apparently with quite a disdain for the way academia/mathematics functions. Given that, the acknowledgements may be intended to highlight an aspect of academia that is not usually written about.
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Perelman left mathematics (long) after he published his articles...
– Edi
Aug 27 at 11:34
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@Edi That doesn't mean he didn't have opinions when he did publish them. I don't claim to know, I just think it's an option that should be in the list.
– Jessica B
Aug 27 at 16:23
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Perelman left mathematics (long) after he published his articles...
– Edi
Aug 27 at 11:34
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@Edi That doesn't mean he didn't have opinions when he did publish them. I don't claim to know, I just think it's an option that should be in the list.
– Jessica B
Aug 27 at 16:23
Perelman left mathematics (long) after he published his articles...
– Edi
Aug 27 at 11:34
Perelman left mathematics (long) after he published his articles...
– Edi
Aug 27 at 11:34
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5
@Edi That doesn't mean he didn't have opinions when he did publish them. I don't claim to know, I just think it's an option that should be in the list.
– Jessica B
Aug 27 at 16:23
@Edi That doesn't mean he didn't have opinions when he did publish them. I don't claim to know, I just think it's an option that should be in the list.
– Jessica B
Aug 27 at 16:23
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I interpret it as he listed the institutes he visited that helped him arrive at the proof, but also wanted to point out he wasn't paid via any grant or by any institution per se. Might look a bit jokingly for you, but he might in fact be more serious about it. Who knows.
– corey979
Aug 25 at 11:56
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There's a preprint that I can't find anymore where people acknowledge funding from several bank robbery in the Chicago area.
– Adam
Aug 25 at 12:17
Vaguely related: What are the moral and legal consequences of “not thanking†government for not providing viable grants?
– E.P.
Aug 26 at 17:26
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I don't think it is a joke. It is clear he is a man of integrity who would rather use his saved honestly earned money to do the work of his choice then to sell out to become some circus animal used by others to play with peoples heads. There's far enough people getting paid to do that in our world already.
– mathreadler
Aug 26 at 18:20
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Note that the time period here coincides with the period immediately following collapse of the soviet union and the, a period of time where funding for academics crashed, when many Russian Academics were looking to leave due to the dire financial situation and lack of funding for their projects. I would interpret this as an acknowledgement of the difficulties of that time period and the enormous help in his personal transition that was facilitated by western institutions.
– crasic
Aug 28 at 0:10