Mathematical English Usage - a Glossary

by Jerzy Trzeciak

finish

[sth; doing sth; see also: close, complete, conclude, end, terminate]

This finishes the proof.

After having finished proving (2), we will return to...... [Not: “finished to prove (2)”]

Continuity then finishes off the argument.


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