Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
2 votes
1 answer
331 views

What's the correct way to write units of measure about time and angles in scientific document?

I have a question on how to write units of measure of angles and times in my MSc thesis. What is the correct form between "13.2 degree" and "13.2 degrees"? A similar question about ...
g_don's user avatar
  • 261
1 vote
1 answer
364 views

How correctly write ordinal numbers in a scientific thesis?

I'm wrtiting my Master of Science thesis in Aerospace Engineering and I've a doubt about wrtiting of ordinal numbers? Let' us consider the following alternatives:$i$th, $i$-th. What is the correct ...
g_don's user avatar
  • 261
0 votes
2 answers
172 views

Referring to a result that comes later

So in writing a math paper, if I am writing a proof of a theorem and I need to refer a lemma that comes later in the same paper. What is the proper way to say that? For example if I am proving a ...
A. Rahman's user avatar
  • 101
14 votes
4 answers
1k views

When shall one write a mathematical expression as a separate line in a paper/Ph.D. thesis? [duplicate]

When do we write a mathematical expression on a separate line, and when do we write it inline with the text? I believe that the answer is the same for researching papers and Ph.D. theses, or maybe ...
Zuriel's user avatar
  • 3,547
16 votes
2 answers
2k views

When to use inline versus displayed equations in a publication?

On a publication (thesis, paper, other), when should I write an equation inline and when should it be separated and numbered from the text? I've seen publications containing both styles, but I don't ...
ButterDog's user avatar
  • 315