Mathematical English Usage - a Glossary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

argument

[see also: reason]

A similar argument holds for the other cases.

By an elementary argument,......

The case f=1 requires a different argument.

Following the argument in [3], set......

We give the argument when I=R.

A deformation retract argument completes the proof.

This argument comes from [4].

This argument is invalid for several reasons.

However, this argument is fallacious, because as remarked after Lemma 3,......

Continuity then finishes off the argument.

It simplifies the argument, and causes no loss of generality, to assume......


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