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From: acorn...@imm.cnrs.fr (Athel Cornish-Bowden)
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Subject: Re: eqs. (7a) and (7b) vs eq. (7a) and (7b).
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by: Athel Cornish-Bowden - Sun, 19 Jun 2022 07:53 UTC

On 2022-06-19 07:13:57 +0000, hongy...@gmail.com said:

> In academic (scientific papers) writing, which of the following forms
> is preferable?
>
> equations (7a) and (7b)
> eqs. (7a) and (7b)
> eq. (7a) and (7b)
>
> See here [1] for some related discussion.
>
> [1]
> https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/49158/how-can-i-abbreviate-equations-and-recommendations-in-a-text
>

The journal you are writing for may have a standard. If it does, then
follow it. If not, do what you prefer, but do it consistently. For
myself, I prefer "equations", but "eqs." is probably the most common.

--
Athel -- French and British, living mainly in England until 1987.

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Subject: Re: eqs. (7a) and (7b) vs eq. (7a) and (7b).
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by: Peter T. Daniels - Sun, 19 Jun 2022 13:51 UTC

On Sunday, June 19, 2022 at 3:53:14 AM UTC-4, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2022-06-19 07:13:57 +0000, hongy...@gmail.com said:

> > In academic (scientific papers) writing, which of the following forms
> > is preferable?
> >
> > equations (7a) and (7b)
> > eqs. (7a) and (7b)
> > eq. (7a) and (7b)
> >
> > See here [1] for some related discussion.
> >
> > [1]
> > https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/49158/how-can-i-abbreviate-equations-and-recommendations-in-a-text
>
> The journal you are writing for may have a standard. If it does, then
> follow it. If not, do what you prefer, but do it consistently. For
> myself, I prefer "equations", but "eqs." is probably the most common.

The main question is whether to consider examples 7a and 7b
as a single example 7, or as two separate examples.

It was a brave man that ate the first oyster.

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Subject	Author
Re: eqs. (7a) and (7b) vs eq. (7a) and (7b).	Athel Cornish-Bowden
Re: eqs. (7a) and (7b) vs eq. (7a) and (7b).	Peter T. Daniels