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Manuscript
Papers should be typed with generous margins. The pages must be numbered.
The first page should give the title, the authors’ name and institution, and a short abstract intelligible to mathematicians.
The title, while brief, must be informative (e.g. ‘A new proof of the ergodic theorem’, whereas ‘Some applications of a theorem of Birkhoff’ would be useless).
Notation
Avoid abbreviations such as Thm, Prop., Eq., iff. In the text do not use symbols , , and . Fractions are generally best expressed by a solidus. Complicated exponents like exp{z2 sin /(1+y2)} should be shown in this and no other way.
It helps if displayed equations or statements which will be quoted later are numbered in order on the right of their line. They can then be referred to by, for example, ‘from (7)’.
If an author wishes to mark the end of the proof of a theorem, the sign □ may be used. Footnotes should be avoided.
Figures
Graphics should be prepared to professional standards, preferably using Postscript or LaTeX drawing facilities. Each text figure must be numbered as Figure 1, Figure 2, . . . and its intended position clearly indicated in the manuscript. Figures should be used sparingly and only when they greatly clarify the exposition. The preferred resolutions for submission of electronic artwork are: halftone images, 300 dpi; line tone, 600 dpi; bitmap, 1200 dpi. If you request colour figures in the printed version, you will be contacted by CCC-Rightslink who are acting on our behalf to collect Author Charges. Please follow their instructions in order to avoid any delay in the publication of your article.
Tables
Tables should be numbered (above the table) as Table 1, Table 2, . . . . Indicate the position of each in the text as for figures.
References
References should be collected at the end of the paper numbered in alphabetical order of the author’s names or by order of citation. Include in the list of references only those works that are cited. For the style of references please consult recent issues of the journal. A reference to a book should give the title, in italics, and then in roman type the publisher’s name and the place and year of publication:
[4] N. Dunford and J. T. Schwartz. Linear Operators. Part I. Wiley, New York, 1958.
A reference to a paper should give in italics the title of the periodical, the number of the volume and year, and the beginning and end pages of the paper. Journal titles should be abbreviated as in Mathematical Reviews:
[6] J. E. Littlewood. The ‘pits effect’ for functions in the unit circle. J. Analyse Math. 23 (1970), 236–268.
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Author affiliations
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Authorship and contributorship
All authors listed on any papers submitted to this journal must be in agreement that the authors listed would all be considered authors according to disciplinary norms, and that no authors who would reasonably be considered an author have been excluded. For further details on this journal’s authorship policy, please see this journal's publishing ethics policies.
Policy on prior publication
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Supplementary materials
Material that is not essential to understanding or supporting a manuscript, but which may nonetheless be relevant or interesting to readers, may be submitted as supplementary material. Supplementary material will be published online alongside your article, but will not be published in the pages of the journal. Types of supplementary material may include, but are not limited to, appendices, additional tables or figures, datasets, videos, and sound files.
Supplementary materials will not be typeset or copyedited, so should be supplied exactly as they are to appear online. Please see our general guidance on supplementary materials for further information.
Where relevant we encourage authors to publish additional qualitative or quantitative research outputs in an appropriate repository, and cite these in manuscripts.
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Competing Interests
All authors must include a competing interest declaration in their main manuscript file. This declaration will be subject to editorial review and may be published in the article.
Competing interests are situations that could be perceived to exert an undue influence on the content or publication of an author’s work. They may include, but are not limited to, financial, professional, contractual or personal relationships or situations.
If the manuscript has multiple authors, the author submitting must include competing interest declarations relevant to all contributing authors.
Example wording for a declaration is as follows: “Competing interests: Author 1 is employed at organisation A, Author 2 is on the Board of company B and is a member of organisation C. Author 3 has received grants from company D.” If no competing interests exist, the declaration should state “Competing interests: The author(s) declare none”.