Exposition and Structure (anmath-figures)

When to trigger

• The paper is hard to follow even though the proof is correct
• Notation is inconsistent or introduced after first use
• Theorems and their proofs are interleaved confusingly
• A relation between objects would be far clearer as a commutative diagram
• You are deciding whether the rare case of an actual figure is warranted

In pure mathematics, papers are theorem-and-proof and usually have no experiments and few or no figures. "Figures" here means exposition and structure: a figure or diagram is included only when it conveys structure more efficiently than prose.

Exposition principles (Annals readability)