This is the starting part of a sentence in my paper.
Here 'smoothness means fast decay' is a whole sentence. Is it appropriate to use it in this way? Is it too long here?
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Sign up to join this communityThis is the starting part of a sentence in my paper.
Here 'smoothness means fast decay' is a whole sentence. Is it appropriate to use it in this way? Is it too long here?
I come from a mathematical background and I think you're probably talking about Fourier transforms. If it is obvious through your title or through the following sentences, then this sentence alone is adequate, however, it could be confusing if you don't state it outright in the sentence. In that case, it might be better to start with "In Fourier transforms, smoothness means fast decay."