MY DESK DRAWER
I was told in graduate school that all mathematicians have a desk drawer in which they store results not quite worthy of their high reputation. Perhaps they might dig into the drawer during slow periods to keep the publication rate up and the promotions coming, but otherwise they shy away from opening the drawer outside of the privacy of their offices.
Well, I don't have much of a desk drawer, to be frank, and I am not willing to share much of what I do have. But here are a few items that, while not, I deem, publishable, are polished enough to be comprehensible. They fall into three categories:
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