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João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

Fermat's Library is a platform for annotating academic papers, allowing users to add annotations in parts of papers that are difficult to understand.

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Fermat's Library Cofounders João Batalha and Luís Batalha

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Fermat's Library Cofounders João Batalha and Luís Batalha

07/06/18

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Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

We encourage contributions to Fermat's Library by inviting users to annotate papers, spread the word, and create lists of papers for their research groups.

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João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

The goal of Fermat's Library is to promote open science, which includes sharing data and making research more accessible to facilitate replication and collaboration.

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Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

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Building Fermat's Library was a side project that we quickly developed over a weekend, aiming to get it out there as fast as possible.

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Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

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Annotating books, especially introductory texts, could enhance learning by providing additional context and explanations, similar to how academic papers are annotated.

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Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

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Annotations are often more effective when done by someone other than the author of a paper, as authors may not recognize where readers struggle to understand their work.

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João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

We built a Chrome extension called Librarian for arXiv, which allows users to extract references, do BibTeX extraction, and add comments on papers directly.

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Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

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We never focused on profitability or monetization for Fermat's Library, as it started as a side project with limited resources.

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Y Combinator Cast

07/06/18

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When annotating a paper, it's crucial to understand the audience's perspective, as authors might skip steps in their explanations that are clear to them but not to others.

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João Batalha

07/06/18

@ Y Combinator

The first paper we annotated was the Bitcoin paper, which remains the most commented paper on our platform, highlighting its significance in the community.