Timeline for How to write math well?
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| Aug 11, 2021 at 22:29 | comment | added | Jon Bannon | Funny, I remember my advisor once telling me not to write a proof down, but to write it up... | |
| Feb 3, 2011 at 8:51 | comment | added | Sune Jakobsen | @Scott: So "Don't write your results up. Write your results down" is an example of writing things up? | |
| Oct 28, 2010 at 3:51 | comment | added | Artem Kaznatcheev | reading a text out loud is some of the best advice for improving writing. Marginally related: xkcd.com/481 | |
| Dec 28, 2009 at 16:21 | comment | added | Scott Carter | "have t" should be "have to." "don;t" should be "don't" This edit box spills into the box on the right. | |
| Dec 28, 2009 at 16:19 | comment | added | Scott Carter | Tom, There is a tendency among us to always write things in the most elegant manner. Writing things "up" often makes the reader have t rework the elegance in a plebeian way. When you write things down, you are thinking of your audience as students who are trying to learn the material. As I said, I don;t know if I always succeed at this. Often I am constrained by coauthors, and often I constrain coauthors. Despite appearances, we spend a lot of time editing ourselves and each other. | |
| Dec 28, 2009 at 0:49 | comment | added | Tom Leinster | OK, Scott, it's two months later and I can't figure out what your last paragraph means. I give up! Can you put me out of my misery? | |
| Oct 19, 2009 at 18:41 | history | answered | Scott Carter | CC BY-SA 2.5 |