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For questions about writing mathematical texts, e.g. questions of style, mathematical prose, structuring of mathematical exposition, referencing prior work etc.
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How are constants/functions named after their discoverer?
In general, when a paper references an object discovered/defined in another paper by author X, it goes something along the lines of:
"Let $\tau$ be the constant defined by X in 1999 [1]$\ldots$",
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What are some great examples of wordsmanship in published literature? [duplicate]
David L. Goodstein begins his book on statistical mechanics, ''States of Matter'', with the following introduction:
"Ludwig Boltzmann, who spent much of his life studying statistical mechanics, died …
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