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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 to write an abstract for a math paper?
Jeffrey has made a good list. I'll add one:
A major purpose of an abstract is to help interested people find your paper when they search for a topic. To that end, if there are multiple names in use …
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Obsessive editing/revising of math papers
Unless you have a need to get the paper published asap, I recommend you put it aside for a month or so instead of looking through it repeatedly. When you next read the paper, many of your preconceptio …
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Formal writing: numbers under 10
Generally speaking you should try to distinguish between an English number and a mathematical number. As in "Over the next five chapters we will prove that 5 is a prime number." Never spell out a num …
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