Knuth et al. and others on writing style in mathematics
- Knuth, Larrabee, and Robert’s notes on writing style in Mathematics,
originally linked in SO: https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/a/37699
- It’s quite long and comprehensive.
- Starts with a list of rules, not all math-related, that are nice. Then contains excerpts of classes, letter etc., all on the same topic.
- Generally focuses a lot of comprehension and keeping the reader in mind through it all.
- Three Sins of Authors in Computer Science and Math
- Main ideas are:
- get to the point, especially in introductions
- don’t to table of contents in paragraphs
- conclusions shouldn’t be an introduction, and
Conclusions should synthesize the results of your paper and separate what is significant from what is not.
- Main ideas are:
Nel mezzo del deserto posso dire tutto quello che voglio.