<div dir="auto">Yeahhh...journals accept a bunch is BS, serious ones do refuse it. Plos is a serious outlet, but have no experience with TeX.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You should get a few well typeset texts - specially from the 19th century and check them out.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">PN</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Oct 6, 2019, 7:29 PM Schneider, Thomas (NIH/NCI) [E] <<a href="mailto:schneidt@mail.nih.gov">schneidt@mail.nih.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Paulo:<br>
<br>
> NO centered mathematical formula should contain any punctuation at<br>
> the end of the line -- even if it is to terminate a sentence.<br>
><br>
> Punctuation have a role in typography -- to introduce a pause at<br>
> reading -- and with a centered formula that pause already EXIST. The<br>
> correct is:<br>
> <br>
> \begin{equation}<br>
> A = \pi r ^2<br>
> \end{equation}<br>
> <br>
> even if it is ending a sentence or a paragraph.<br>
<br>
I think we will just have to agree to disagree. I find the comma<br>
useful for pausing while the period ends a sentence and otherwise I<br>
feel I'm hanging. In any case, the journal accepts them.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
<br>
Thomas D. Schneider, Ph.D.<br>
Senior Investigator<br>
National Institutes of Health<br>
National Cancer Institute<br>
Center for Cancer Research<br>
RNA Biology Laboratory<br>
Biological Information Theory Group<br>
Frederick, Maryland 21702-1201<br>
<a href="mailto:schneidt@mail.nih.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">schneidt@mail.nih.gov</a><br>
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