{"id":2943,"date":"2020-02-25T10:15:37","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/article\/the-shortest-path\/"},"modified":"2020-03-13T09:18:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-13T13:18:42","slug":"the-shortest-path","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/notes.math.ca\/fr\/article\/the-shortest-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Le plus court chemin"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u2026le plus court chemin entre deux points est la ligne droite. Or, le trajet habituel entre une conjecture et sa preuve n\u2019est pas toujours lin\u00e9aire \u2013 malgr\u00e9 ce qu’un article publi\u00e9 laisse entendre. On omet souvent le trajet qui nous am\u00e8ne \u00e0 notre conclusion dans la version finale d\u2019un article de recherche; ce qui est d’ailleurs d\u00e9sirable.<\/span><\/p>

Tout d\u2019abord, le lectorat consiste, en grande partie, en chercheur.e.s qui sont d\u00e9j\u00e0 tr\u00e8s occup\u00e9.e.s et qui ne passent qu\u2019une quinzaine de minutes \u00e0 parcourir un article pour ses points saillants. Certain.e.s se penchent davantage sur les d\u00e9tails par curiosit\u00e9, d\u2019autres y cherchent des informations utiles \u00e0 leurs propres recherches. Quel que soit le cas, plus l\u2019article est court, plus les lecteurs et lectrices sont content.e.s. Certes, il faut s\u2019assurer que la preuve est l\u00e0, mais pour le reste les lecteurs et lectrices feront normalement confiance \u00e0 l\u2019auteur.e et au comit\u00e9 de lecture.<\/span><\/p>

Certain.e.s chercheur.e.s feront davantage preuve de curiosit\u00e9 en lisant le texte; d\u2019autres y chercheront des techniques dont ils et elles peuvent servir dans leurs travaux. Ces derniers et derni\u00e8res ont h\u00e2te d\u2019arriver \u00e0 la conclusion. En effet, les preuves sont plut\u00f4t encombrantes.<\/span><\/p>

Un article de recherche n\u2019\u00e9talera donc pas les exp\u00e9rimentations qui ont men\u00e9 le chercheur ou la chercheure \u00e0 sa conjoncture. Il suffit de citer le r\u00e9sultat d\u2019une recherche qui date de 50 ans sans parler de la demi-journ\u00e9e qu\u2019on a pass\u00e9e \u00e0 prendre d\u2019autres trajets, ne serait-ce que par curiosit\u00e9. On essaie cinq versions diff\u00e9rentes du th\u00e9or\u00e8me, plus ou moins pareilles les unes aux autres, avant de prendre les deux plus int\u00e9ressantes (dont la preuve pour l\u2019une). La d\u00e9finition finale est beaucoup plus \u00e9l\u00e9gante que celle par laquelle on a commenc\u00e9, on garde alors la plus belle.<\/span><\/p>

Et il en est bien ainsi. Les r\u00e9sultats sont pour les coll\u00e8gues ou pour la post\u00e9rit\u00e9, mais le chemin que l\u2019on prend pour y arriver? Ce chemin-l\u00e0 est pour l’auteur.e.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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