On Wed, 2 May 2007, Philippe Beaudette wrote:
Can we write the article without publishing the string? Sure. So why do we have to do it, and potentially expose ourselves to liability? If there's a way to do it, with no loss of academic integrity, why the heck wouldn't we?
We can't write a complete article without publishing the string, just like we can't write a complete article about Mars without publishing the aphelion.