A quick look at the process of writing and publishing a math research article from start to finish. This paper was typical in some ways, atypical in other ways.

The paper: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.topol.2023....

Chris Staecker webarea: http://cstaecker.fairfield.edu/~cstae...

Lattice graphic by Jonny Evans, CCBYSA, from http://www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucahj...

Real line graphic by Wikimedia user TheNub314, CCBYSA 3.0, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...