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I always have trouble with editing math papers for publication. I know there are plenty of checklists for English exposition but is there one for math specific exposition errors?

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  • $\begingroup$ Could you possibly link to one of these English exposition checklists; it is not quite clear to me what you are looking for. There are several short books, booklets, other documents that give advice on math writing. But it seems you are after something more specific. It is however not clear to me what it is precisely. $\endgroup$
    – user9072
    Mar 7, 2013 at 21:44
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    $\begingroup$ Something like this: writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CommonErrors.html. Its not a book but a short list of "before you submit anything look to see if you did any of these things!" $\endgroup$ Mar 7, 2013 at 22:13
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    $\begingroup$ You will definitely benefit from the book: epubs.siam.org/doi/book/10.1137/1.9780898719550 (Handbook of Writing for the Mathematical Sciences, N. Higham, SIAM). $\endgroup$
    – Suvrit
    Nov 10, 2016 at 15:18

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Please have a look on these two lists (this one and that one).

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks! I wonder if others have other versions of this. $\endgroup$ Mar 7, 2013 at 21:30
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    $\begingroup$ @Daniel Parry: I am not sure what you mean by 'other versions' but there is a brief booklet (about 50 pages) by the same author published by the EMS: Jerzy Trzeciak, Writing Mathematical Papers in English, a practical guide ems-ph.org/books/book.php?proj_nr=34 $\endgroup$
    – user9072
    Mar 7, 2013 at 21:41
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In the same spirit as above: look at the video where Jean-Pierre Serre explains in English how to write mathematics - badly!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xf88b5_jean-pierre-serre-writing-mathemati_tech#.UTsRq44zVHI

Often hilarious, but so true...

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See Also:

Steenrod, N.E.; Halmos, P.R.; Schiffer, M.M.; Dieudonné, Jean A.; How to write mathematics. American Mathematical Society (1973).

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