Short paper, topic proposal

In this assignment you will choose a topic and source for your short paper.

As a reminder, from the syllabus, this paper is:

A short paper about an open question, unsolved problem, or currently studied research area within algebra, algebraic geometry, or computational algebra, or an application of one of those areas.

Assignment

In this assignment please look at some books and papers (recommended sources are listed in the course syllabus) in order to identify a topic for your short paper. You will write 0.5-1 page to describe the main topic of your short paper, and address at least some of the following questions:

• What will your paper be about?
• Why is it an interesting topic? Why are you interested in it? (How will you make it interesting for the reader?)
• What will be the “main takeaway” or main point of your paper? What parts and technical details will you skip over, to get to the main point?
• What one or more high-quality sources will you use for your paper?

Formatting

Please write your responses in a PDF file created using LaTeX. Make it have a filename like 584-ShortPaper-Topic-YourLastName.pdf, for example 584-ShortPaper-Topic-Teitler.pdf. Upload the PDF to BlackBoard.