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You might be able to construct some useful entries from the perspective of the pragmatics of mathematical discourse from this at PlanetMath.org. DCDuring TALK 10:17, 19 June 2010 (UTC)
- Only usage notes IMO. I'll take a stab.—msh210℠ (talk) 16:05, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
- Actually, thinking it over, the only thing to add would be a usage note s.v. trivial, trivially, obvious, easily, easy, clear, clearly, and perhaps some other words, along the lines of "Use of this in mathematical proofs is sometimes honest (the thing said to be PAGENAME is truly so, though the author may be leaving it as an exercise for the reader to verify) and sometimes dishonest (the thing said to be PAGENAME is truly harder than that)", but, well, isn't all use of language sometimes honest and sometimes dishonest? I'm really not sure this deserves even a usage note. Even the pedagogical use — that when something is honestly trivial, the author says so as a means of getting his audience to verify the details — does not seem lexically interesting to me. Do you disagree?—msh210℠ (talk) 17:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
- I have to defer to your judgment. DCDuring TALK 20:24, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
- Actually, thinking it over, the only thing to add would be a usage note s.v. trivial, trivially, obvious, easily, easy, clear, clearly, and perhaps some other words, along the lines of "Use of this in mathematical proofs is sometimes honest (the thing said to be PAGENAME is truly so, though the author may be leaving it as an exercise for the reader to verify) and sometimes dishonest (the thing said to be PAGENAME is truly harder than that)", but, well, isn't all use of language sometimes honest and sometimes dishonest? I'm really not sure this deserves even a usage note. Even the pedagogical use — that when something is honestly trivial, the author says so as a means of getting his audience to verify the details — does not seem lexically interesting to me. Do you disagree?—msh210℠ (talk) 17:36, 21 June 2010 (UTC)