| Description |
115 p. ; 28 cm. |
| Series |
MAA notes ;
no. 14.
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| Note |
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. |
| Subjects |
Technical writing.
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Mathematics -- Authorship.
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| SUBJECT |
Metodologia cientÃfica. |
| Other Author |
Larrabee, Tracy.
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Roberts, Paul M.
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Mathematical Association of America.
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| 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 handout on Composition Exercises -- 37. Comments on student work -- 38. Mary-Claire van Leunen on which vs. that -- 39. Mary-Claire van Leunen on Calisthenics (2) -- 40. Computer aids to writing -- 41. Rosalie Stemer on Copy Editing -- 42. Paul Halmos on Mathematical Writing -- 43. Final Truths. |
| ISBN |
088385063X |
| OCLC # |
20715348 |
| LCCN |
89062390 |
| Orig. Rec# |
60127 |
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