[biblio] the 'bug' mystery of the disappearing 'V.' as third initial

[selinger at mathstat.dal.ca]

Hi Michel,

perhaps you are using the bibliography style "abbrv", and incorrectly
writing your name as Michel R.V. Chaudron instead of Michel R. V. Chaudron?
Note that if you omit the space after "R.", BibTeX will treat the
sequence of letters R.V. as a single word, and in the "abbrv" style,
it will also abbreviate each word to its first letter.

Example:
---test.tex-----------------------------------------------------------
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\cite{chaudron1,chaudron2,chaudron3}
\bibliographystyle{abbrv}
\bibliography{test}
\end{document}

---test.bib-----------------------------------------------------------
@article{chaudron1,
  author = "Michel R. V. Chaudron",
  title = "Some paper",
  journal = "Some journal",
  year = 2020
}

@article{chaudron2,
  author = "Chaudron, Michel R. V.",
  title = "Some paper",
  journal = "Some journal",
  year = 2021
}

@article{chaudron3,
  author = "Chaudron, Michel R.V.",
  title = "Some paper",
  journal = "Some journal",
  year = 2022
}
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Only the third one is typeset incorrectly. Also, if you use the
"plain" bibliography style, nothing will be abbreviated, and all 3
items come out fine (just with a missing space after "R.").

-- Peter

Michel Chaudron wrote:
> 
> Dear BibTex experts
> 
> I ran into a problem - I think it is a bug - somewhere.
> 
> My name is Michel R. V. Chaudron - mostly I use this form of my name with
> my first name spelled out and then the initials of my middle names 'R.V.'
> and then my lastname ('Chaudron') - and sometimes as 'M.R.V. Chaudron'
> -only using my initials.
> 
> In many papers - both authored by myself or by others - my name appears as
> 'M.R. Chaudron' - hence my third initial 'V.' has disappeared.
> 
> This is undesirable for me because these style of citations are not always
> correctly accounted to me. Hence I am wondering if there is some 'hidden'
> logic somewhere in the way that bibtex-references are processed where this
> initial is either forgotten or removed - maybe because (La)Tex/Bibtex
> suspects this 'V' represents a 'van' (which is common in Dutch and German
> names).
> 
> I hope you can help find out where this glitch originates from and then
> solve it.
> 
> regards
>   Michel R. V. Chaudron
> 
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