Research Paper
For this assignment, you will write a paper of about 1000 words and give a 6-8-minute presentation on a mathematical topic, which may be a well-known person, theorem, problem, or application of mathematics, statistics, or data science. Your paper should be typeset using LaTeX, and your presentation created using Beamer.
There are three goals to this assignment:
Practice specific LaTeX commands and increase comfort typing papers and presentations in LaTeX.
Convey technical concepts simply and clearly to an audience of peers in both written and oral formats.
Learn more about a mathematical topic that interests and excites you!
Students will be expected to follow formatting conventions from the American Mathematical Society Style Guide.
Helpful sources for research:
The UA Library's research guide for math - including a librarian designated to help with math-related searches!
A list of online, peer-reviewed journals in science and math, accessible through the UA library website
Helpful sources for writing support:
The ThinkTank's Writing Center
The Writing Skills Improvement Program: free tutoring and writing workshops
Guidelines for Good Mathematical Writing by Francis Su
For ideas for paper topics (or future research topics, or just to learn about the fun things happening in math and science), I recommend these online publications:
Columns by Steven Strogatz in the New York Times
Math Horizons articles
Vi Hart (YouTuber)
Numberphile (YouTube channel)