Timeline for Advice on changing topic for thesis problem
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| Feb 23 at 0:34 | comment | added | David White | This question is pretty old, but I thought I would record that questions like this, when asked today, usually get closed, because it's impossible for this community to give advice on such important issues without actually knowing anything about the OP, the advisor, the field of study, etc. The advice is always "ask your advisor / others who know you." | |
| Dec 6, 2017 at 12:16 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 30, 2010 at 7:55 | answer | added | Ben Webster♦ | timeline score: 9 | |
| May 16, 2010 at 20:20 | answer | added | coudy | timeline score: 15 | |
| May 16, 2010 at 3:45 | comment | added | Felipe Voloch | How far along are you? The answer to your question may depend a lot on this information. | |
| May 15, 2010 at 22:02 | answer | added | André Henriques | timeline score: 9 | |
| May 15, 2010 at 16:46 | comment | added | ogerard | How do you know that it is pitched at the right difficulty ? You will know that only when you solve it. =/= I will also second Karl's remark. Do you need the solution in order to go to the "further work and questions" ? | |
| May 15, 2010 at 16:43 | answer | added | Kim Morrison | timeline score: 12 | |
| May 15, 2010 at 16:20 | comment | added | Karl Schwede | Something else to ask yourself, since you said the solution "leads to further work and questions", do you think any of these are more interesting? | |
| May 15, 2010 at 16:14 | answer | added | Roland van der Veen | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 15, 2010 at 15:11 | comment | added | Donu Arapura | As a rule, I don't see any harm in changing a problem if it doesn't "fit", but you really need to have this discussion with your advisor. | |
| May 15, 2010 at 15:11 | comment | added | Ryan Budney | Do you have a history of losing interest in things when you come to an understanding of them? That would be my first concern with your question as it would indicate a larger problem. I switched dissertation topics $n$ times for $n\geq 4$. I seem to keep on coming back to those problems -- I didn't lose interest in them, either other people solved them or I didn't know what to do. Switching topics isn't a horrible thing since you get to learn a variety of topics in the process, provided you have the time and suitable topics to work on. | |
| May 15, 2010 at 15:06 | comment | added | Wadim Zudilin | Of course, it's never late to change. Working on a problem which is of no interest to you is waste of time. | |
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