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> 8. [...] one starts with the conclusion in the abstract, and then builds up an argument for it in the paper itself. Yeah but you write the abstract last (in
by 6ren 14y ago
> 8. [...] one starts with the conclusion in the abstract, and then
builds up an argument for it in the paper itself.
Yeah but you write the abstract last (intro too). Having a conclusion at the beginning is just UI.
- thesteamboat 14y agoI cringed at this point. Especially in mathematical fields where the abstract is in some sense an API -- it tells you what theorems you might use from this paper and how to apply them.