-- Second draft unofficial <sci.math> welcome.


Any more improvements please?

I've added "-- " to the title, because newbies might be confused
if I didn't follow my own advice in #2 below.

Title: -- How to post messages to the <sci.math> news group.

These notes are not official in any way, but if you are new to
this group you may find them helpful. There are more details at
<http://aah.ryan-usa.com/> and the older
<http://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~alopez-o/math-faq/math-faq.html>.

1. Messages posted to <sci.math> may be about mathematics at any
level. Please don't post OT (off-topic) messages about other things.
Questions about mathematical statistics may be posted here, but
you may prefer to try the <sci.stat.math> or <sci.stat.edu> news group.

2. The title should show what sort of mathematics is in your message.
For example, "-- Differentiating trig functions" is a good title, but
"-- I can't solve this problem" is a bad title.
Also, the two dashes and a space at the beginning of each title
help some users to separate your message from commercial spam. (If you
reply to someone else's message, don't worry when your newsreader puts
"Re:" before the "-- ", as other users' filters should detect "-- "
anywhere in the title.)

3. Typing mathematical formulae may not be easy.

Use "^" for powers, for example a^3 for "a cubed".

Use plenty of brackets/parentheses. For example, 5e^2x could mean
(5e)^(2x) or ((5e)^2)x or 5(e^2)x or 5(e^(2x)).

Use plenty of spaces. For example, 2x + 5y = 12 is easier to read
than 2x+5y=12.

More details about typing formulae are at
<http://aah.ryan-usa.com/node15.html>.

4. This news group is open to everybody, and some people have bad
manners. Try to stay polite yourself. There are still plenty of users
who want to discuss mathematics without rude arguments. I hope you
enjoy being one of them.

Ken Pledger.
.

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