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Writing Mathematics Well: A Manual for Authors
Share this pageLeonard Gillman
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Good writing conveys more than the author
originally had in mind, while poor writing conveys less. Well written
papers are more quickly accepted and put into print and more widely
read and appreciated than poorly written ones—and for notes,
monographs, and books the quality of writing is of more importance
that it is for papers.
In Writing Mathematics Well,
Leonard Gillman tells his readers how to develop a clear and effective
style. All aspects of mathematical writing are covered, from general
organization and choice of title, to the presentation of results, to
fine points on using words and symbols, to revision, and, finally, to
the mechanics of putting your manuscript into print. No book can by
itself make you a better writer, but this one will alert you to the
opportunities for better and more forceful writing. It does this both
by precept and by example.
This is no bland collection of rules, but a lively guide in the
style of Strunk and White or Fowler—a book to be read for its
sharpness and wit as well as for enlightenment. Writing
Mathematics Well should be on the shelf of anyone who writes or
intends to write mathematics. It will amuse and delight the already
careful writer and it will help reform and refine the sensibilities of
those who may be somewhat careless about their writing.