The abbreviation "Amer. J. Math." is standard for the "American Journal of Mathematics" published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Does your "Amer. J. Maths." refer to a different publication? If not, then customary usage is superior. -- Gene
________________________________ From: Warren D Smith <warren.wds@gmail.com> To: math-fun <math-fun@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2014 9:13 AM Subject: [math-fun] maths-fun? math-funs?
Actually, I settled on a hybrid US-UK method myself. I say "Let's do some math" and "math is fun" and "the math concludes that..." But I also say "Amer. J. Maths." I feel the latter is superior for aiding the reader to reconstruct the full journal name. Journal abbreviations should not be used unless provide clear unique reconstructibility.
-- Warren D. Smith
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