Franco Vivaldi - Mathematical Writing
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This book teaches the art of writing mathematics, an essential -and difficult- skill for any mathematics student.
The book begins with an informal introduction on basic writing principles and a review of the essential dictionary for mathematics. Writing techniques are developed gradually, from the small to the large: words, phrases, sentences, paragraphs, to end with short compositions. These may represent the introduction of a concept, the abstract of a presentation or the proof of a theorem. Along the way the student will learn how to establish a coherent notation, mix words and symbols effectively, write neat formulae, and structure a definition.
Some elements of logic and all common methods of proofs are featured, including various versions of induction and existence proofs. The book concludes with advice on specific aspects of thesis writing (choosing of a title, composing an abstract, compiling a bibliography) illustrated by large number of real-life examples. Many exercises are included; over 150 of them have complete solutions, to facilitate self-study.
Mathematical Writing will be of interest to all mathematics students who want to raise the quality of their coursework, reports, exams, and dissertations.
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has no real solution.
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is integer.- Write in complete sentences. Every sentence should begin with a capital letter, end with a full stop, and contain a subject and a verb. The expression A cubic polynomial is not a sentence because it doesnt have a verb. It would be appropriate as a caption, or a title, but you cant simply insert it in the middle of a paragraph.
- Make sure that the nouns match the verbs grammatically.(The verb refers to the set, which is singular.)Bad:The set of primes are infinite.Good:The set of primes is infinite.
- Make a pronoun agree with its antecedent.(The pronoun its refers to function, which is singular.)Bad:Each function is greater than their minimum.Good:Each function is greater than its minimum.
- If possible, do not split infinitives.(The infinitives are to examine and to simplify.) In some cases a split infinitive may be acceptable, even desirable.Bad:We have to thoroughly examine this proof.Good:We have to examine this proof thoroughly.Bad:I was taught to always simplify fractions.Good:I was taught always to simplify fractions.Good:This is a sure way to more than double the length of the manuscript.
- Check the spelling. No point in crafting a document carefully, if you then spoil it with spelling mistakes. If you use a word processor, take advantage of a spell checker. These are some frequent spelling mistakes:Bad:These are misspelled mathematical words that I have found in mathematics examination papers:auxillary, catagory, consistant, correspondance, impliment, indispensible, ocurrence, preceeding, refering, seperate.Bad:arithmatic, arithmatric, derivitive, divisable, falls (false), infinaty, matrics, orthoganal, orthoginal, othogonal, reciprical, scalor, theorom.
- Be careful about distinctions in meaning.Do not confuse its (abbreviation for it is ) with its (possessive pronoun).Bad:Do not confuse the noun principle (general law, primary element) with the adjective principal (main, first in rank of importance).Its an equilateral triangle: its sides all have the same length.Do not use less (of smaller amount, quantity) when you should be using fewer (not as many as).Bad:the principal of inductionBad:the principle branch of the logarithmBad:There are less primes between 100 and 200 than between 1 and 100.
- Do not use where inappropriately. As a relative adverb, where stands for in which or to which ; it does not stand for of which .The adverb when is subject to similar misuse.Bad:We consider the logarithmic function, where the derivative is positive.Good:We consider the logarithmic function, whose derivative is positive.Bad:A prime number is when there are no proper divisors.Good:A prime number is an integer with no proper divisors.
- Do not use which when you should be using that . Even when both words are correct, they have different meanings. The pronoun that is defining, it is used to identify an object uniquely, while which is non-defining, it adds information to an object already identified. The argument that was used above is based on induction.[ Specifies which argument. ]The following argument, which will be used in subsequent proofs, is based on induction.[ Adds a fact about the argument in question. ]A simple rule is to use which only when it is preceded by a comma or by a preposition, or when it is used interrogatively.
- In presence of parentheses, the punctuation follows strict rules. The punctuation outside parentheses should be correct if the statement in parentheses is removed; the punctuation within parentheses should be correct independently of the outside.Bad:This is bad. (Superficially, it looks good).Good:This is good. (Superficially, it looks like the bad one.)Bad:This is bad, (on two accounts.)Good:This is good (as you would expect).
- A sentence containing numbers and symbols must still be a correct English sentence, including punctuation.Bad:
Good:We have
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