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PhD students Fourth class

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Amusing We find a solution by exhausted search

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PhD students

Fourth class

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A common error Chinglish? If x equals to y, then ...

OK: If x equals y, then ... If x is equal to y, then ... If x and y are equal, then ...

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Amusing We find a solution by exhausted search

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Should be: We find a solution by exhaustive search

The name of the method is: “exhaustive search” or “brute force search”

Others need hyphens: Depth-first search, breadth-first search, ...

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Strange section heading Problem formation

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Any of these is OK Problem formulation Problem statement Problem description Problem definition

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What is wrong here? In this paper, we discuss the problem of

computer visions.

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Count vs non-count We study computer vision. (non-count)

Joan of Arc had visions. (count) She saw God and He told her to go to war.

He saw a vision in a red dress. (count) A vision = an amazing-looking woman

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In an abstract Our method solves the 18 queens

problem in 6.96E+3 milliseconds

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6.96E+3 milliseconds Just say 6960 milliseconds

Better: 6.96 seconds

In an abstract, maybe just: Under 7 seconds

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How much precision? Their algorithm takes 49.87321 seconds Ours needs only 6.12345 seconds

Their algorithm takes 49.9 seconds. Ours needs only 6.1 seconds.

Our algorithm is over eight times faster.

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Numbers One to about twelve, write it out Also zero Also hundred, thousand, million, billion,..

Avoid using billion, trillion, ...! US billion = a thousand million, 109

UK billion = a million million, 1012

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Ordinal suffixes First or 1st

Second or 2nd

Third or 3rd

Fourth, fifth, ... 4th, 5th, ... 0th

Others depend on last digit 245th 973rd 121st 900th

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April 1, 2011 Do not use these: US:04-01-2011 Canada & Europe: 01-04-2011 Beware of them when reading

International Standard & Chinese way: 2011-04-01 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html

http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html
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Exponents Not good in text: 3.2e-3, 4.77E4 10^7, 10**7

Better .0032 or 3.2*10-3, 47,700 or 4.77*104

10 million, ten million or 107

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Handy numbers Pi seconds is a nano-century 232 seconds is about 130 years

Atoms in universe < 1081 ~= 2270

Age of universe ~= 14*109 years < 260 s

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Two ways to say somethinglAnglo-SaxonlBreaklUselMethodlDo, performlSendlChange

lLatin, Greek, Arabic, ...lFracturelUtilizelAlgorithmlImplementlTransmitlTransform

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Greek & Latin Much used in technical English Some odd plurals

Often use roots from those to make words eg. trans = across Transfer, transcend, transpose, transmit,

transform, translate, ... trans vs cis in chemistry

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Another example Cryptography, from Greek roots: κρυπτός kryptós "hidden," γράφειν gráfein "to write"

Geography, photography, biography, ...

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More Greek Auto = self Automobile, moves itself Automatic Autobiography

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What is wrong here? We give the following statement of the

definition of x. x is ...

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If it is our definition We give the following statement of the

definition of x. x is ...

We define x as ... Let x represent ... Call ... x.

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Someone else's definition Bloggs [cite] defines x as ... x is defined as ...

We use Bloggs' definition of x [cite] as ... We follow Bloggs [cite] in defining x as ...

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Reviewing your own paper Spelling checker & grammar checker

Can you simplify? Nouns to verbs? Move data to tables?

Can anything be cut? Is there repetition? On my own papers, I shorten about 30%.


The right-hand limit of f (x), as x approaches a, equals L written: if we can make the value f (x) arbitrarily close to L by taking x to be sufficiently.

The right-hand limit of f (x), as x approaches a, equals L written: if we can make the value f (x) arbitrarily close to L by taking x to be sufficiently.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Slide 8 - 1 The correlation between two scores X and Y equals 0.8. If both the X scores and the Y scores are converted.

Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Slide 8 - 1 The correlation between two scores X and Y equals 0.8. If both the X scores and the Y scores are converted.

Loudoun County Public Schools / Overview · The Remainder Theorem: If a polynomial P(x) is divided by x — c, then the remainder equals P(c). x2+ 9x -16 Example: the Remainder Theorem

Loudoun County Public Schools / Overview · The Remainder Theorem: If a polynomial P(x) is divided by x — c, then the remainder equals P(c). x2+ 9x -16 Example: the Remainder Theorem

Accessibility Equals Usability

Accessibility Equals Usability

Equals: Freedom

Equals: Freedom

BAL 10 – 105 - Attachment Sample Calculations · 2.5% x 11 (years) x $75,000 = $20,625, plus 2.0% x 10 (years) x $75,000 = $15,000, equals Basic Annuity: $61,875 . In this example,

BAL 10 – 105 - Attachment Sample Calculations · 2.5% x 11 (years) x $75,000 = $20,625, plus 2.0% x 10 (years) x $75,000 = $15,000, equals Basic Annuity: $61,875 . In this example,

Linear Regressionstoneypryor.com/stat/NMSI/04_Linear Regression SSS...5. The correlation between two scores X and Y equals 0.75. If both the X scores and the Y scores are converted

Linear Regressionstoneypryor.com/stat/NMSI/04_Linear Regression SSS...5. The correlation between two scores X and Y equals 0.75. If both the X scores and the Y scores are converted

Equals: Periphery

Equals: Periphery

Chapter 6: The Principles of X-ray Diffraction · The path difference between reflections on neighbouring planes is 2d sin 0. If this equals a whole number, n ... On such that 2d

Chapter 6: The Principles of X-ray Diffraction · The path difference between reflections on neighbouring planes is 2d sin 0. If this equals a whole number, n ... On such that 2d

Graph Imperfection - Inria · v # K x v over all the cliques K of G.Ifx is integral then this equals |(G x). We next define / f (G, x) in such a way that if x is integral then / f

Graph Imperfection - Inria · v # K x v over all the cliques K of G.Ifx is integral then this equals |(G x). We next define / f (G, x) in such a way that if x is integral then / f

Chapter 2: Limits 2.2 The Limit of a Function. Limits the limit of f(x), as x approaches a, equals L If we can make the values of f(x) arbitrarily close.

Chapter 2: Limits 2.2 The Limit of a Function. Limits the limit of f(x), as x approaches a, equals L If we can make the values of f(x) arbitrarily close.

Online equals public

Online equals public

Calculating Ounce Equivalents of Grains in the Child and ......ITEM ¼ oz eq equals ½ oz eq equals ¾ oz eq equals 1 oz eq equals 2 oz eq equals Bread Sticks (hard) 6 g 11 g 17g 22

Calculating Ounce Equivalents of Grains in the Child and ......ITEM ¼ oz eq equals ½ oz eq equals ¾ oz eq equals 1 oz eq equals 2 oz eq equals Bread Sticks (hard) 6 g 11 g 17g 22

Leo Lam © 2010-2012 Signals and Systems EE235. Leo Lam © 2010-2011 x squared equals 9 x squared plus 1 equals y Find value of y.

Leo Lam © 2010-2012 Signals and Systems EE235. Leo Lam © 2010-2011 x squared equals 9 x squared plus 1 equals y Find value of y.

Resonance varieties and Dwyer{Fried invariants · tangent cone at 1 to Wi(X) equals Ri(X). If, moreover, all positive-dimensional components of Wi(X) contain the origin, we say X

Resonance varieties and Dwyer{Fried invariants · tangent cone at 1 to Wi(X) equals Ri(X). If, moreover, all positive-dimensional components of Wi(X) contain the origin, we say X

everything equals nothing

everything equals nothing

Google + equals candidates

Google + equals candidates

Scramjet Nozzles - DTICcruise does not have to be viewed as lift equals weight and thrust equals drag. However if driven to However if driven to separate the propulsive and aerodynamic

Scramjet Nozzles - DTICcruise does not have to be viewed as lift equals weight and thrust equals drag. However if driven to However if driven to separate the propulsive and aerodynamic

Chapter 7. Representation Theory of the Symmetric Groupmargalit/repthy/diaconis... · Representation Theory of the Symmetric Group 133 Then λ>μ, and if X = μ f the sum equals

Chapter 7. Representation Theory of the Symmetric Groupmargalit/repthy/diaconis... · Representation Theory of the Symmetric Group 133 Then λ>μ, and if X = μ f the sum equals

Equals Brochurez

Equals Brochurez