lecture03: Writing for Mathematical Sciences

Topics covered

• Intro
• Technical writing
• Be precise
• 6 Ws (Who, Why, How, When, Where, What)
• Concrete nouns preferred over abstract
• Repetition is good
• Scientific reading
• Try this
• The Spiral
• Think global, write local
• Avoid excessive prepositional qualifications
• Active verbs preferred to passive
• Tools for writing
• Other references
• Summary
• Assignment