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Using amsrefs, I want to refer to an answer on mathoverflow. That site has automated amsrefs entry creation option. When I use it, everything goes fine, and the pdf file contains correct link. However when I send the file by gmail and open it in gmail with either Chrome or Firefox (latest build, on Windows 10), there is a problem with that link. If I copy it and paste elsewhere it is correct, but if I click on it, I am taken to a wrong address: instead of https://mathoverflow.net/q/313198 I get https://mathoverflow.net/q/31319 which is an entirely different page.

MWE: produce a pdf from

documentclass{amsart}



usepackage{amsrefs}



begin{document}



$binom nk$



begin{biblist}

bib{E}{misc}{

author={Noam D. Elkies (https://mathoverflow.net/users/14830/noam-d-elkies)},

note={URL: https://mathoverflow.net/q/313198 (version: 2018-10-19)}

}

end{biblist}

end{document} 

send it to, say, yourself via gmail and open it from within the gmail pdf viewer.

Let me add that with any other math command that I tried in place of that $binom nk$ the error disappears.

What can I do?

You should use hyperref and url if you want real links:

documentclass{amsart}



usepackage{amsrefs}

usepackage{hyperref}

begin{document}



$binom nk$



begin{biblist}

bib{E}{misc}{

author={Noam D. Elkies (https://mathoverflow.net/users/14830/noam-d-elkies)},

note={URL: url{https://mathoverflow.net/q/313198} (version: 2018-10-19)}

}

end{biblist}

end{document}