Just sent Knuth's advice on writing mathematical stuff to a student list and felt moved to retweet it more broadly.

Some favorite bits in the screenshots. 1/3

https://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/reviewing-papers/knuth_mathematical_writing.pdf

the "grunting noise" is a great heuristic
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Since this has been such a big part of my everyday head for a while, I feel a bit sheepish highlighting it. But often when reading things, I remember some of the best advice is not universally followed.