Mathematical writing
Do you need help getting started as an individual or as a member of a group facing the need to prepare formal documents? This is an all-out attack on the problem of teaching people the art of mathematical writing. Learn how others have made use of student assistants in ways that benefit all parties. Read how feedback from students supplies early warning signals from instructors, as well as helping students clarify their thought processes. This book will give aid and encouragement to those wishi…
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- Full title :Mathematical writing / by Donald E. Knuth, Tracy Larrabee, and Paul M. Roberts.
Summary
Do you need help getting started as an individual or as a member of a group facing the need to prepare formal documents? This is an all-out attack on the problem of teaching people the art of mathematical writing. Learn how others have made use of student assistants in ways that benefit all parties. Read how feedback from students supplies early warning signals from instructors, as well as helping students clarify their thought processes. This book will give aid and encouragement to those wishing to teach a course in technical writing, or to those who wish to write themselves.
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- Publication Date:©1989.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Mathematical Association of America
- Place of Publication:Washington, D.C
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1989.
Notes
A version of these notes was previously available on a limited basis as Stanford University Computer Science Department report number: STAN-CS-88-1193, January 1988.
The Physical Object
- Description:115 pages ; : 28 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:088385063X, 9780883850633
- oclc:ocm20715348
- LC Classification:QA42
- Dewey Decimal:808.066
Table of Contents
1. Minicourse on technical writing -- 2. An exercise on technical writing -- 3. An answer to the exercise -- 4. Comments on student answers (1) -- 5. Comments on student answers (2) -- 6. Preparing books for publication (1) -- 7. Preparing books for publication (2) -- 8. Preparing books for publication (3) -- 9. Handy reference books -- 10. Presenting algorithms -- 11. Literate Programming (1) -- 12. Literate Programming (2) -- 13. User Manuals -- 14. Galley proofs -- 15. Refereeing (1) -- 16. Refereeing (2) -- 17. Hints for Referees -- 18. Illustrations (1) -- 19. Illustrations (2) --20. Homework : Subscripts and superscripts -- 21. Homework: Solutions -- 22. Quotations -- 23. Scientific American Saga (1) -- 24. Scientific American Saga (2) -- 25. Examples of good style -- 26. Mary-Claire van Leunen on 'hopefully' -- 27. Herb Wilf on Mathematical Writing -- 28. Wilf's first extreme -- 29. Wilf's other extreme -- 30. Jeff Ullman on Getting Rich -- 31. Leslie Lamport on Writing Papers -- 32. Lamport's handout on unecessary prose -- 33. Lamport's handout on styles of proof -- 34. Nils Nilsoon on Art and Writing -- 35. Mary-Claire van Leunen on Calisthenics (1) -- 36. Mary-Claire's h…
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