On Friday, 27 January 2017 at 12:02:01 UTC, Chris wrote:
If a student writes "1 + 1 = 2" s/he has to reference it with a footnote à la "[1] Smith, T. & Wesson, J. Basic Concepts of Arithmetics - An Introduction. Cambridge, 2001."
Hmm... never saw such convention. Usually the author writes 1+1=2 [1] in text and full reference is in appendix under this number, this is also used in e.g. arxiv.org publications, then footnotes are used for explanations and supplementary comments. Another convention is when you write an unnumbered short reference sort of 1+1=2 (2001, Smith et al.) and full reference is again in appendix.
