Timeline for Undergraduate math research
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| Aug 27, 2013 at 1:02 | comment | added | Malice Vidrine | I want to say good luck! I sympathize with the challenge. I'm trying to catch up on research-level math while no longer being in school, and if I could give my younger, enrolled self one piece of advice it would be to seek out anyone who studies what you want to study and take advantage of the fact that they're enthusiastic nerds who generally want to share their fascination with the subject. | |
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| Nov 16, 2010 at 18:14 | comment | added | Thierry Zell | Congratulations for making it into the program. There are already tons of answers, so I won't add much to them, except to say first that undergraduate research can be extremely valuable for your development (to help you appreciate the difference between solving exercises and tackling real questions, even if someone already knows the answer btw). Ans second, a point that has already been made but cannot be stressed enough, that a successful UG research experience requires a good mentor, so find her or him first, and then worry about the topic. | |
| Nov 14, 2010 at 15:37 | answer | added | Mugizi | timeline score: 2 | |
| Nov 14, 2010 at 13:39 | answer | added | Eric Zaslow | timeline score: 7 | |
| Nov 14, 2010 at 4:49 | answer | added | Alan Guo | timeline score: 14 | |
| Nov 14, 2010 at 0:24 | vote | accept | CommunityBot | ||
| Nov 14, 2010 at 0:22 | comment | added | user7504 | That is me. They are basic because I am in the class. I am not trying to give the impression I can do any significant research. There have been almost no math McNair students, and I suspect this because of the difficulty. The point of the program from what I have been told so far is to look into a topic of interest, and pursue it. There is only the expectation to submit, and not that it be good or profound. Mainly it is to prepare students for the research experience. The only other math McNair students have done math education, I would prefer not to. Thank you to everyone. | |
| Nov 13, 2010 at 19:26 | comment | added | Pete L. Clark | Note to the advice-givers: there is also a user Metahominid at the math.SE site who has asked a few questions about basic abstract algebra and real analysis. Reading over them gives some information (far from definitive, of course) about the student and his current level, which might result in more personalized advice. | |
| Nov 13, 2010 at 4:52 | answer | added | Douglas Zare | timeline score: 10 | |
| Nov 13, 2010 at 2:25 | comment | added | user4977 | All of the papers published in the journal Involve have a significant student contribution. You can read the abstracts at their website (involvemath.org). I am not saying this is the place to go to find a research topic (or that you should attempt to find a topic on your own via the internet). But I know from experience that it can be fun and inspirational to see that your peers are researching and publishing in a variety of areas. | |
| Nov 13, 2010 at 1:28 | answer | added | Noah Snyder | timeline score: 29 | |
| Nov 13, 2010 at 0:51 | answer | added | anon | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 23:39 | answer | added | Peter Shor | timeline score: 29 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 23:25 | answer | added | Qiaochu Yuan | timeline score: 42 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 22:55 | answer | added | Sean Clark | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 22:04 | answer | added | Igor Belegradek | timeline score: 8 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 20:08 | answer | added | Timothy Wagner | timeline score: 4 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 15:07 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki by S. Carnahan♦ | ||
| Nov 12, 2010 at 14:09 | answer | added | user9072 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 10:32 | answer | added | sleepless in beantown | timeline score: 47 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 9:55 | answer | added | Zen Harper | timeline score: 17 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 9:16 | answer | added | Neil Strickland | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 8:49 | answer | added | Ben Webster♦ | timeline score: 21 | |
| Nov 12, 2010 at 8:23 | history | asked | user7504 | CC BY-SA 2.5 |