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Preface Guide to Proof Writing
Never use the words "obvious", "clearly", "trivial", "of course", or synonyms of these.
Write words rather than symbols or abbreviations - a long string of symbols isn't as readable as an English sentence. Specifically: For all proofs you hand in, write out "for all", "there is", "implies", "if and only if", "therefore", "because", "such that", "for example". (That is, the symbols ∀, ∃, ⇒, ⇔, ∴, ∵, and s.t., should be avoided.)
Every time you apply a definition, theorem, proposition, lemma, corollary, exercise, etc., in a proof that you are writing up, reference it. Reference a theorem, lemma, or proposition by its number in the text; reference a definition as "the definition of ___" (or by its number in the text).
Write sentences and paragraphs, and use correct grammar and punctuation. (For example, every sentence should end with a period.)
Follow the standard mathematical conventions for notation.
Define every new variable letter at the first point it appears in your proof.
The first sentence of a proof should suppose the hypotheses, and the last sentence of a proof should conclude the conclusion.
