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How are mathematicians taught to write with such an expository style?
I wasn't sure if this question was appropriate for MSE.
One of the major complaints we see in industry is a person's ability to communicate which includes writing.
We see the same thing on questions ...
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How to write a good mathematical paper?
I hesitate to ask this question. However I read many advices from math.stackexchange, and I couldn't find anything similar.
A good time always goes too fast! Two years are fled. In the third year of ...
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Advice for writing good mathematics?
It's been a (far-fetched, possibly) goal of mine to some day write a math Textbook. I've been thinking about writing this question for a while, but reading an exceedingly mediocre text on Mathematical ...
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Short forms like “haven't”, “don't”, “let's” [closed]
Is it true that short forms like "haven't", "don't", "let's" should not be used in serious mathematical texts?
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Book about technical and academic writing
I'm in the process of writing my Master's Thesis on automata theory. The writing must be in English which isn't my mother tongue.
So the question is, given that this is my first time long (hundred ...
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Are there rules in the useage of prepositions in Math?
It is often to use prepositions in various expressions.
E.g.
$2$ is in the set of natural numbers $\mathbb N$
The symmetric group on 3 letters $S_3$ is the group consisting of all possible ...
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Should I include obvious steps in mathematical paper?
I am writing a formal school paper (by formal I mean, with an abstract, a bibliography and 20 pages in length) on mathematics (it is called 'Extended Essay,' for those having knowledge of the ...
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Basic guidance to write a mathematical article.
I'm trying to put together a mathematical article on how to obtain certain infinite series for some well known functions by a method of integrals (I like to call it "The Integral Method" - thank you), ...
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Can mathematical definitions of the form “P if Q” be interpreted as “P if and only if Q”? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Alternative ways to say “if and only if”?
So when I come across mathematical definitions like "A function is continuous if...."A space is compact ...
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Shorthand for $0<i<1$ , $0<j<1$, $0<k<1$
Is it good style to write $0<i<1$, $0<j<1$, $0<k<1$ as $0<i,j,k<1$?
The following does not seem so clear:
$0<i,j<1$
as it may be interpreted as: $0<i $ and $ ...
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Publishing an article after a book?
If I first publish an article, afterward I may publish a book containing materials from the article.
What's about the reverse: If I first publish a book does it make sense to publish its fragment as ...
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Should I put interpunction after formulas?
I am presently doing my first substantial piece of mathematical writing, hence this, probably somewhat silly, question.
How does display-style mathematics interact with punctuation?
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Is it bad math style to use the same index symbol in different indexed objects?
The title says it all (I'm referring to the case, when writing for example an article to be published or something similar - something where the writing itself should also be of quality).
Example: ...
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An article for some undergraduate journal
I'm a student and last year I attended some courses about algebraic geometry. Referring to many books, I wrote personal notes explaining the Cech cohomology of sheaves and some of its applications in ...
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Looking for a better way of expressing this statement
I'm writing an article on topology recently. I'm not good at English writing. It may be good for me to post this question somewhere else; however, I prefer to post here, as it is related to math.
My ...
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Writing small numbers in Articles [closed]
In primary school I learned that numbers less than 13 should be spelled out in writing.
I am suddenly not sure anymore, how I should handle this situation when it comes to article writing in ...
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How would you write this sentence
I'm writing a short document about an integer programming (IP) problem instance.
I've mentioned that IP is known to be NP-Hard, but that being NP-Hard doesn't automatically qualify this particular ...
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Looking for philosophical subject for my Bachelor Thesis
In may 2013 I have to write a Bachelor Thesis for my bachelor Mathematics. I prefer to choose a subject which involves philosophy. At the same time I have the feeling that my university wants me to ...
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LaTeX help - multiple answers using set bracket / cases [closed]
I'm brand new to LaTeX and am writing up a dissertation. I have read through several LaTeX guides but have not been able to find the answer there. Does anybody know how to use this ...
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Is there something wrong with this statement?
Is this sentence OK or is there something wrong?
"Hausdorff is a very weak separation axiom for one to discuss whether the space is
metrizable."
Do you have a better expression?
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Math Behind the Game “Quoridor”
I'm going to write an article for middle school students to introduce them to the game "quoridor".
Tha game certainly is interesting, but it will be great to add to the article some serious "math ...
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Example of well-written theses
Among the books of pure mathematics, Rotman's book on Group Theory and any book of J. P. Serre are best examples, as I feel, of writing a mathematics book (many experts in different areas of ...
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Creating a book based on an article (copyright issues) [closed]
Elsevier explicitly permits me to make a book based on my article published with Elsevier.
What's about other publishers? May these forbid me to make a book based on my earlier article?
