But, it should be written with as little technical jargon as possible so that a wide audience can benefit by reading it. The paper proper now follows. An old saw states that in any talk or paper there are exactly three sections defined as follows. Where you tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em, Where you tell 'em, and Where you tell 'em what you just told 'em. We shall break it down into a few more sections, but basically that is the template for successful papers and presentations.
Papers begin with an introduction .
This should be slightly more technical than the abstract, but still readable by most scientists in the general field. Here the problem is introduced, some history is provided, and the general solution schedule is outlined. Results are mentioned. Some authors present a table of contents, but if it is a standard paper with the sections that are specified below, this is redundant. Again, the object is still to lead the reader deeper and deeper into the paper.