Manuscript Requirements All Papers One of the principal aims of Applied Mathematics Letters is to provide
a very fast means of publication for typeset quality, short, applied mathematical papers. This is why we have four categories of submission: AMS-TEX and LATEX papers Other typeset papers 'Plain' TEX papers
Typewritten
papers. SUBMISSION OF PAPERS. Papers may be submitted to any member of the Editorial Board, or direct to the Editor in Chief.
Authors should select carefully from our large Editorial Board the one member whose field of interest is closest to the work submitted.
In order to shorten the time involved in the reviewing process, provide a list of SIX possible reviewers' names with full addresses
on your letter of transmittal. There may arise situations where we may use one of those names in addition to our list of regular referees.
The suggested reviewers should be from the general geographical region of the
editor to whom the manuscript is sent, so as to minimize
the turn-around time between the editor and the reviewers. TYPING. Manuscripts should be typed or printed double-spaced on
one side of the page only, with wide margins. Please note that for all categories of papers, in addition to any electronic version, three hard copies of each must be sent to the cognizant editor. Because of the six typeset page limit authors are encouraged
to write concisely. The title should be brief. All papers should contain a short abstract and keywords. In the case of
co-authors, it should be clearly indicated who is to receive correspondence and proofs for correction. NOTATION. Because
of the international character of the Journal, no rules concerning notation or abbreviation need be observed by the authors, but each
paper should be self-consistent as to symbols and units which should all be properly defined. All authors should try to adhere to and
be guided by A Manual for Authors, published by the American Mathematical Society, PO Box 6248, Providence, RI 02904, USA. SYMBOLS.
All mathematical symbols may be either hand- or
typewritten, but no ambiguities should arise. Greek letters and unusual symbols should
be identified in the margin. A vector will be printed in bold face; to indicate this, the letter should be underscored with a single
wavy line.
REFERENCES must be quoted in the text in square brackets, i.e., [2] or [2, p. 51], and grouped at the end of the
paper in
numerical order of appearance. Abbreviations of journal titles should follow those given in the World List of Scientific
Periodicals (latest edition). References should be arranged as follows: Journal articles: 1. O. Rojo and R. Soto, New conditions for
the additive inverse eigenvalue problem for matrices, Computers Math. Applic.23 (11) 41-46 (1992). Papers in a collection:
2. G.M. Nielson, Coordinate free
scattered data interpolations, In Topics in Multivariate Approximation, (Edited by L.L. Schumaker et al.), pp. 175-184, Academic Press, New York, (1987). Books: 3. R.A. Adams, Sobolev Spaces, Academic Press, New
York (1975).
ILLUSTRATIONS. Authors should supply graphs and tables on separate pages, but indicate the desired location in
the text. These should include all relevant details and be produced on a laser printer or alternatively, professionally drawn in black
ink on plain white paper. Drawings should be about twice the final size required and lettering must be clear, "open" and sufficiently
large to permit the necessary reduction of size.
PAGE PROOFS will be sent to the author (or the corresponding author) for checking
(except for TEX versions; see below). The original manuscript and diagrams will be discarded after publication unless the
Editor is notified.
REPRINTS. Twenty-five reprints of each paper will be supplied to the senior author gratis. Additional reprints
may be purchased through an order form accompanying the acceptance letter. The reprint order form must be returned to the Editorial
Offices before publication, or a 50% late surcharge will apply.
AMS-TEX PAPERS AND LATEX PAPERS These
require the least amount of work for our typesetting process and will
ordinarily be published within three months of acceptance. Papers
submitted in this form will also be subject to our regular refereeing process; however, the author(s) will not receive final proofs.
The processes of typesetting and proof exchange in such situations may not be necessary and could decrease publication time by several
months. While we accept and publish papers submitted in LATEX, our preferred format is AMS-TEX. For
the specific 'style file' which we use, you may contact our editorial office via e-mail at rodin@rodin.wustl.edu, or by phone
at
(314) 935-5806. Specify AMS-TEX or LATEX
style file. Complete instructions concerning
the use of TEX in general, and of AMS-TEX in particular, are to be found in The Joy of TEX,
published by the American Mathematical Society. Complete instructions concerning the use of LATEX can be found
in the book LATEX by Leslie Lamport.
To submit a manuscript, send a diskette (formatted to Macintosh or
DOS) of the TEX file with three hard copies of the printout to any of the Editors. The computer file may be sent via
e-mail rather than on diskette. 'PLAIN' TEX PAPERS All the information needed can be found in the TEXbook
by Donald Knuth. We will convert the file to AMS-TEX here, before sending the galley proof to you. OTHER ELECTRONIC
PAPERS All other electronic papers are transcribed to the AMS-TEX format in our office, just as typewritten papers
are. These include manuscripts prepared by software packages such as Word PerfectTM, Microsoft WordTM, etc. Authors
are then sent a galley proof for correction. If possible, send any electronic version that may be available on a diskette (formatted
to Macintosh or DOS), as the use of these can also speed up the publication process. ASCII files should be included on diskettes for
all electronic versions other than TEX. TYPEWRITTEN PAPERS To submit, please mail three copies of the manuscript
to any of the Editors. Authors must be careful in their estimate as to how long their paper is going to be after it is transcribed in
the editorial offices in the AMS-TEX format, so as not to exceed the six typeset page limit. For complete up-to-date
addresses of Editors please check the link to the Editorial Board at the beginning of these instructions. For complete up-to-date
addresses of Editors please check the link to the Editorial Board at the beginning of these instructions.
