{"id":964,"date":"2010-10-21T09:58:10","date_gmt":"2010-10-21T13:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mathgradblog.williams.edu\/?p=964"},"modified":"2013-04-05T01:42:32","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T01:42:32","slug":"resources-for-writing-mathematics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/mathgradblog\/2010\/10\/21\/resources-for-writing-mathematics\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Writing Mathematics"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Branden Stone<\/a><\/p>\n

As a graduate student, a lot of my time is spent on solving problems, but not much time is devoted to the writing of mathematics. This is an important subject; especially if you wish for others to read your papers. While I am no expert, I have stumbled across a couple of good resources that are very helpful.<\/p>\n

First, there is a talk by Serre titled How to Write Mathematics Badly. Jean-Pierre Serre<\/a> is an accomplished French mathematician and Fields medal winner. This hour long talk is entertaining and very insightful. The video quality is poor, but definitely worth watching. If anyone knows of a better version of the video, please let me know.<\/p>\n

Next, the book by Steven Krantz, A Primer of Mathematical Writing<\/a>. While I don’t view this book as a canon for writing mathematics, I do feel it is a great guide and brings to light many issues graduate students may not be aware of.<\/p>\n

Of course both resources focus on writing papers, but it would be good practice for beginning graduate students to use the techniques in writing up homework. For example, I believe Serre and Krantz agree that one should never begin a sentence with a symbol; it can be very confusing. Little things like this can help articulate ideas and make it easier for the grader to read.<\/p>\n

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