Manifold Atlas:References

Latest revision as of 18:06, 12 March 2013

The bibliography

If the reference you need is already in the bibliography then you can simply cite it as explained below.

If you need to create a new reference there are two possibilities.

• If the work to be referred to is reviewed at either MathSciNet or Zentralblat or if it is stored on the arXiv then you can create the reference automatically.
• In general you can create a reference by hand starting from the create box at the top of the Biblography page:
  • in this case please read the bibliographic conventions below.

Citing references

To cite a document simply type either of the following equivalent commands:

• {{cite|Author&...&AuthorYear}}
• \cite{Author&...&AuthorYear}

The convention for citation names in the Manifold Atlas is:

• full author family names separated by & and followed by the date of publication.

An example citation with generating text is:

The group of homotopy ${{DISPLAYTITLE:{{NAMESPACE}}: {{PAGENAME}}}} <!--The wiki software does not provide a dedicated bibliography or reference sytem. As long as there is no simple and satisfying solution availble, we ask authors to adhere to the following steps in order to create references.--> <!--The atlas does not yet provide a dedicated bibliography. For the present we ask authors to create references as follows.--> == The bibilography == * If the reference you need is already in the '''[[Manifold Atlas:Bibliography|bibliography]]''' then you can simply '''[[Manifold Atlas:References#Citing references|cite it]]''' as explained below. * If not, you can '''[[Manifold Atlas:Bibliography|create a new reference]]''' at the bibliography page: please read the '''[[Manifold Atlas:References#Bibliographic conventions|bibliographic conventions]]''' below. == Citing references == *To '''cite''' a document simply type <tt><nowiki>{{cite|Author&...&AuthorYear}}</nowiki></tt>. * The convention for citation names in the Manifold Atlas is: ** '''full author family names, separated by & and followed by the date of publication'''. *An example citation with generating text is: <wikitex><blockquote>The group of homotopy $n$-spheres is finite for $n \neq 3$ {{cite|Kervaire&Milnor1963}}.</blockquote></wikitex> <pre style="white-space:normal;"> The group of homotopy $n$-spheres is finite for $n \neq 3$ {{cite|Kervaire&Milnor1963}}. </pre> *To refer to a specific part of a source type <tt><nowiki>{{cite|reference|part}}</nowiki></tt>. For example: <wikitex><blockquote>Simply connected, smooth 5-dimensional h-cobordisms are homeomorphic to products {{cite|Freedman1982|Theorem 1.3}}. </blockquote></wikitex> <pre style="white-space:normal;"> Simply connected, smooth 5-dimensional h-cobordisms are homeomorphic to products {{cite|Freedman1982|Theorem 1.3}}. </pre> == The reference section == * The reference section of an article is '''automatically generated''' by placing the following text at the end of each article. <pre> == References == {{#RefList:}} </pre> == Creating new references == * You can create new references in the box at the top of the '''[[Manifold Atlas:Bibliography|bibliography page]]'''. * Type the author names(s) followed by the publication year of the article into the box: e.g. '''Freedman1982''' or '''Kervaire&Milnor1963'''. * You will arrive at a new template page for the reference: follow the instructions in the template using the '''[[Manifold Atlas:References#Bibilographic conventions|conventions]]''' below. == Bibliographic conventions == * When creating a reference, please follow the conventions established by the following examples: [{{fullurl:Template:Kervaire&Milnor1963|action=edit}} journal article], [{{fullurl:Template:Moise1977|action=edit}} book]. * In particular, if a reference is available online please hyperlink the title of the reference to its online source. == References == {{#RefList:}}n$-spheres is finite for $n \neq 3$ [Kervaire&Milnor1963].

... {{cite|Kervaire&Milnor1963}}.

To refer to a specific part of a source type {{cite|reference|part}}. For example:

Simply connected, smooth 5-dimensional h-cobordisms are homeomorphic to products [Freedman1982, Theorem 1.3].

... {{cite|Freedman1982|Theorem 1.3}}.

Direct citing

If you wish to directly cite a reference without adding it to the reference section or in a context where there is no reference section using the following:

• {{citeD|Milnor1956}} creates the following link [Milnor1956]
• {{citeD|Milnor1956|Your choice of link text}} creates the following link [Milnor1956, Your choice of link text]

In both case, the reference is added to the reference section.

Open references

If you type a reference, e.g. {{cite|Milnor1957}} into a page containing the {{#RefList:}} command and the reference you type is not in the bibliography into a page containing the command then the following occurs.

• The reference will appear as a blue link in your text and
• The reference will appear as an open link in the Reference section:
  • if you do not have time to create a reference, this is acceptable Atlas-practice for referencing in the short-term provided the reference name is correctly formed.

The Reference section

• All pages which cite references should finish with a section entitled References.
• It is best to generate the reference list automatically : simply place the following command as the sole text in the Reference section:

{{#RefList:}}

External links section

You may also wish to add a section for External links, e.g. External links.

• Please place the External links section immediately following the References section.
• External links to most web-sites need be added by hand in the usual way as links to external URLs.
• For external links to the Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Wikipedia please use the following standard forms

* The Encylopedia of Mathematics article on 
[http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php/Page_name link text]
* The Wikipedia page about [[Wikipedia:Page_name|link text]]

• If you do externally link to a Wikipedia page, please also consider editing the Wikipedia page by adding a link to the Atlas page in the External links section of the Wikipedia page. A standard form follows:

==<sectioncount/> External links ==
...
*[http://www.map.mpim-bonn.mpg.de/Page_name link text] at the Manifold Atlas

Creating new references

• If the document for the reference is reviewed on MathSciNet or stored on the arXiv then you can generate a reference to it automatically.

• You can create new references by hand in the box at the top of the bibliography page:
  • Type the author names(s) followed by the publication year of the article into the box:
  • e.g. Freedman1982 or Kervaire&Milnor1963.
  • You will arrive at a new template page for the reference: follow the instructions in the template using the conventions below.

Bibliographic conventions

• When creating a reference, please follow the conventions established by the following examples: journal article, book.

• In particular, if a reference is available online please hyperlink the title of the reference to its online source.

• Make sure that the source-code for the reference concludes with the text: <noinclude>[[Category:Bibliography]]</noinclude>.

Writing about references

Each reference lives on its own template page. This page can contain further mathematical comments on the work cited:

• ensure that further writing appears inside the command <noinclude> ... </noinclude>:
• see for example Davis&Pearson2003.

There is also a discussion page if you wish to make less formal points about the work or to open a discussion about the work.

If you know of corrections to statements in a work, please create a section

• == Corrections ==

and add your corrections. Where possible give references to the literature for corrections and only include corrections of which you are 100% certain. If you are unsure about a point, raise it in a Comments section or on the discussion page.

Please sign your correction by adding ~~~~ on a seperate line at the end of your correction.

• see for example Davis&Pearson2003.

If you wish to make some general comments on the work cited, please create a section

• == Comments ==

and make your comments.

References

• [Freedman1982] M. H. Freedman, The topology of four-dimensional manifolds, J. Differential Geom. 17 (1982), no.3, 357–453. MR679066 (84b:57006) Zbl 0528.57011
• [Kervaire&Milnor1963] M. A. Kervaire and J. W. Milnor, Groups of homotopy spheres. I, Ann. of Math. (2) 77 (1963), 504–537. MR0148075 (26 #5584) Zbl 0115.40505