Orthodox format (1 Viewer)

[YannY]

Hi, i have a question on orthodox writing. right now i write much like a textbook - i even put in some of the explanations in a textbook. i was wondering whether in uni you guys use alot of words and explanations? or is it simply equations numbers and pronumerals?

Also i would like to know whether you guys use dy/dx at uni or y'?
Plus when finding normals should i say m1m2=-1 or simply -dx/dy=blahblah.

Thanks guys.

 

[Affinity]

whatever you think is appropriate.

I think the rule of thumb is that it should read like a sentence if you replace the symbols by words.

 

[Starcraftmazter]

Nobody is going to ever look at your notebooks, so write however you like best.

Hell, you could draw cartoons on the middle of your equations of you wanted to.

 

[kony]

No, there is an elephant in the way.

 

[buchanan]

Jean-Pierre Serre did a lecture on Nov. 10, 2003 on writing mathematics at Harvard.

Here's the video:

http://modular.fas.harvard.edu/edu/basic/serre/serre.avi (459 Mb)