Referee Strategy (anmath-referee-strategy)

When to trigger

• The manuscript is essentially final and you want to pre-empt referee objections
• You want an adversarial read of your own proof before an expert does it for you
• You are unsure which steps a careful referee will distrust
• You want to decide what to make easier to verify before sending

How Annals referees read

Expect a referee who is an expert and verifies proofs in detail, often over a long period (a year or more is common). They do not skim; they reconstruct each step. Their implicit questions: