to tilde or not to tilde

[Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E]]

Paulo:

> NO centered mathematical formula should contain any punctuation at
> the end of the line -- even if it is to terminate a sentence.
>
> Punctuation have a role in typography -- to introduce a pause at
> reading -- and with a centered formula that pause already EXIST. The
> correct is:
>     
> \begin{equation}
> A = \pi r ^2
> \end{equation}
>     
> even if it is ending a sentence or a paragraph.

I think we will just have to agree to disagree.  I find the comma
useful for pausing while the period ends a sentence and otherwise I
feel I'm hanging.  In any case, the journal accepts them.

Tom

  Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.
  Senior Investigator
  National Institutes of Health
  National Cancer Institute
  Center for Cancer Research
  RNA Biology Laboratory
  Biological Information Theory Group
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