Math arXiv paper volume surges: everyone doubling output, or a spammy 10%?
BrunsJulian1541 · x · 2026-11-09
Amid data showing weekly submissions to the math arXiv climbing through 2025–2026, a commenter asks the structural question: what does the per-median-researcher paper count look like? Is the growth driven by everyone producing 2x the papers, or by roughly 10% of authors spamming submissions at a crazy rate — a distinction that matters for assessing AI-assisted paper flooding.
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