The Little Book of Math into English

• Autore: Grätzer George
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (172 pages)
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Overview -- TOPIC 1: Little words I. Prepositions -- 1.1 Common prepositions in math -- 1.2 Using prepositions correctly -- 1.3 Placement -- 1.4 Prepositions with math terms -- 1.5 Avoiding ambiguity -- TOPIC 2: Little words II. Pronouns -- TOPIC 3: Little words III. Conjunctions -- TOPIC 4: Little words IV. So, such, that.… -- 4.1 So, so that, such that -- 4.2 This, these, that, those, some -- 4.3 This or that -- 4.4 Which and that -- TOPIC 5: Little words V. Like, such as -- TOPIC 6: Little words VI. Either, or, both -- TOPIC 7: Little marks I. Punctuation -- 7.1 Background -- 7.2 The two approaches -- 7.3 Commas between multiple adjectives -- 7.4 The role of the punctuation marks -- 7.5 Using commas -- 7.6 Oxford comma -- TOPIC 8: Little marks II. Hyphens -- 8.1 When to use hyphens -- 8.2 Examples of hyphenated words -- 8.3 A list of hyphenated words -- TOPIC 9: Little marks III. Dashes -- TOPIC 10: Little transitions. Short version -- TOPIC 11: Little transitions. Longer version -- TOPIC 12: Little Intros -- TOPIC 13: Little run. Run-on sentences -- TOPIC 14: Little trip. To go or going -- 14.1 The to-form and the ing-form -- 14.2 Full and incomplete infinitives -- 14.2.1 Full infinitive -- 14.2.2 Incomplete infinitive -- 14.3 Split infinitive -- TOPIC 15: Little dangling -- TOPIC 16: Little numbers. Less and fewer, both and two -- 16.1 Less and fewer -- 16.2 Both and two -- 16.3 `The two' -- 16.4 Word repetition -- 16.4.1 General examples -- 16.4.2 Math examples -- 16.5 Parallel structure -- 16.5.1 Beware of the pitfalls -- TOPIC 17: Little pause. Comma before if -- Dependent and independent 17.1 clauses -- TOPIC 18: Little ambiguity -- 18.1 Ambiguity -- 18.1.1 Examples -- 18.1.2 Homonyms -- 18.2 More examples -- TOPIC 19: Little active vs. passive -- 19.1 The problem -- 19.2 Some examples -- 19.3 Please. ; 19.4 Little direct vs. indirect -- TOPIC 20: Little speed. Faster and fastests -- TOPIC 21: Little distinctions -- 21.1 `a' vs. `the' vs. blank -- 21.2 Basics -- 21.3 Typical mistakes -- 21.4 More examples -- 21.5 Maybe vs. may be -- 21.6 Further vs. farther -- 21.7 Shall vs. will -- 21.8 Foreword vs. forward -- 21.9 Not vs. rather than -- 21.10 Cannot vs. can not -- 21.11 Note vs. notice -- 21.12 Effect vs. affect -- 21.13 Contain vs. include -- TOPIC 22: Little modification -- TOPIC 23: Little only -- APPENDIX A: Little grammar -- A.1 Grammatical terms -- A.2 Analyzing sentences -- APPENDIX B: Little ChatGPT -- B.1 Introduction -- B.2 What is ChatGPT? -- B.3 What it can't do -- B.4 Asking good questions -- B.5 The GPT Store -- B.6 Style and grammar -- B.6.1 A short dialogue for spellchecking -- B.6.2 A longer editing session -- B.7 Tokens, darn it -- B.8 Conclusions -- APPENDIX C: How to write mathematics by P.R. Halmos -- C.1 There is no recipe and what it is -- C.2 Say something -- C.3 Speak to someone -- C.4 Organize first -- C.5 Think about the alphabet -- C.6 Write in spirals -- C.7 Organize always -- C.8 Write good English -- C.9 Honesty is the best policy -- C.10 Down with the irrelevant and the trivial -- C.11 Do and do not repeat -- C.12 The editorial we is not all bad -- C.13 Use words correctly -- C.14 Use technical terms correctly -- C.15 Resist symbols -- C.16 Use symbols correctly -- C.17 All communication is exposition -- C.18 Defend your style -- C.19 Stop -- C.20 The last word -- Bibliography.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Little Book of Math into English
• ISBN: 9783031651618
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910874662803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II