How to write mathematics /
Steenrod, Norman E. 1910-1971
How to write mathematics / Norman E. Steenrod, Paul R. Halmos, Menahem M. Schiffer, Jean A. Dieudonné. - First Edition - 64 pages : figures ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies.
Norman E. Steenrod, Introducction. Expository problems of the formal structure. The informal structure. Successive refinements. Sample introductory chapter. Paul R. Halmos, Preface. There is no recipe and what it is. Say something. Speak to someone. Organize first. Think about the alphabet. Write in spirals. Organize always. Write good english. Honesty is the best policy. Down with the irrelevant and the trivial. Do and do not repeat. The editorial we is not all bad. Use words correctly. Use technical terms correctly. Resist symbols. Use symbols correctly. All communication is exposition. Defend your style. Stop. The last word. Menahem M. Schiffer, The research paper. The monograph. Surveys. Textbooks Jean A. Dieudonné, Distinction between research monographs and textbooks. How detailed should a proof be?. Introduction material and writing about mathematics.
Contains four essays on expository writing of books and papers at the research level and at the level of graduate texts.
0821800558 9780821800553
72013840
Mathematics--Authorship
Technical writing
QA41 / .H6
510
How to write mathematics / Norman E. Steenrod, Paul R. Halmos, Menahem M. Schiffer, Jean A. Dieudonné. - First Edition - 64 pages : figures ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographies.
Norman E. Steenrod, Introducction. Expository problems of the formal structure. The informal structure. Successive refinements. Sample introductory chapter. Paul R. Halmos, Preface. There is no recipe and what it is. Say something. Speak to someone. Organize first. Think about the alphabet. Write in spirals. Organize always. Write good english. Honesty is the best policy. Down with the irrelevant and the trivial. Do and do not repeat. The editorial we is not all bad. Use words correctly. Use technical terms correctly. Resist symbols. Use symbols correctly. All communication is exposition. Defend your style. Stop. The last word. Menahem M. Schiffer, The research paper. The monograph. Surveys. Textbooks Jean A. Dieudonné, Distinction between research monographs and textbooks. How detailed should a proof be?. Introduction material and writing about mathematics.
Contains four essays on expository writing of books and papers at the research level and at the level of graduate texts.
0821800558 9780821800553
72013840
Mathematics--Authorship
Technical writing
QA41 / .H6
510