Term paper, topic proposal

In this assignment you will choose a topic and one or more sources for your term paper.

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

A term paper about a topic of the student’s choice within algebra, algebraic geometry, or computational algebra, or an application of one of those areas (but emphasizing the algebraic aspect).

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 term paper. You will write 0.5-2 pages to describe the main topic of your term 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-TermPaper-Topic-YourLastName.pdf, for example 584-TermPaper-Topic-Teitler.pdf (but with your name, not mine).
• Upload the PDF to BlackBoard.

Due date

The original due date for this assignment was Friday, October 9. However the assignment was posted very late. So the due date has been extended for a week. Now it is due Friday, October 16.