Timeline for How to quote an numbered equation in a paper
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| Dec 22, 2022 at 12:04 | vote | accept | Windi | ||
| Aug 5, 2022 at 15:29 | comment | added | Mike Shulman | @BrendanMcKay In theory, yes, but I still think additional clarity can be given by including the word. | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 2:50 | comment | added | Brendan McKay | @MikeShulman The parentheses in (3.2), which also appear on the equation label, serve to distinguish. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 17:25 | comment | added | Mike Shulman | @BrendanMcKay However, some papers use separate numbering sequences for equations, proclamations, and/or subsections, so that in addition to an equation 3.2 there might be a theorem 3.2 and a subsection 3.2. So I would probably recommend putting in the "equation" for clarity. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 7:20 | comment | added | mathworker21 | "an numbered"? | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 6:58 | comment | added | Brendan McKay | Peter's answer is correct. It is also commonplace to leave out "equation" as well, as in "it follows from (3.2) that...". | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 6:55 | answer | added | Peter Kropholler | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 6:50 | history | asked | Windi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |