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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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Most intriguing mathematical epigraphs
If we read Frege's Grundlagen der Arithmetik from the end, the following note in the appendix would be the most courageous of epigraphs all.
A scientist can hardly meet with anything more undesi …
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Parodies of abstruse mathematical writing
The following is somehow a parody of "proof by contradiction" with an obvious educational purpose taken from the book "The Foundation of Mathematics" written by Ian Stewart and David Tall:
COMEDI …
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Historical use of figures in geometry
You may enjoy Reviel Netz' book: The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics: A Study in Cognitive History. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.
It examines the use of letters diagrams in …
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