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Does the International Math Olympiad help research mathematics?
I was reading a note of Hojoo Lee on inequality which is written for International Math Olympiad (IMO) participants. Although he writes that “target readers are challenging high schools students and ...
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How to overcome a mistake you make in your proof and regain motivation?
I am an undergraduate student in computer science, and I have been working as an undergraduate researcher in theoretical computer science for 7 months. There was this problem that my supervisor ...
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Is it common for an undergraduate thesis in pure mathematics to prove something new?
What do undergraduate students in mathematics do for their thesis, if they have done one, besides expository or applied math?
I was thinking that the kind of research they do is something applied, ...
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How can an undergraduate be recognized for work done on a paper, with a fellow PhD student and a professor?
I am an undergraduate student, and recently I was introduced a PhD student in my university's math department.
In a brief interaction with him, he mentioned that he was doing work in Differential ...
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Must I co-author with supervisors as an undergraduate?
I'm a final-year undergraduate student in the U.K. As part of my undergraduate research, I proved a long-standing conjecture in graph theory. I have now written a detailed proof of the result, which ...
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Value of having done applied math research when applying to PhD programs in pure math
I will be a second year math under-grad in September, and currently doing an internship at applied math research institute. Most probably, I will come up with a research paper at the end of the ...
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Does "scut work" contribution to a paper as a math undergrad carry weight in grad school application?
I got an opportunity to collaborate writing a mathematics paper with some professor at my university, but I'm suspecting my role won't be much more significant except doing menial work in the form of ...
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How can an undergraduate student conducting mathematical research with a professor expect to contribute?
I am currently an undergraduate student majoring in Applied Math. I have been reading recent papers published by two of my professors who I admire and I'm wondering what it would be like to conduct ...
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Undergraduate research in mathematics
I am a European student applying for a PhD in mathematics in the US. Browsing the internet, I have come across quite a lot of American PhD applicants claiming that they have several years of research ...
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How do I know my results are worth publishing?
I finished my bachelor degree in math and computer science (double major) recently and am applying for a PhD very soon. During this period I wanted to know how it feels to do research. Personally I am ...
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Does being a poorly-performing undergraduate researcher mean that I have little chance of being successful in graduate school?
I am an undergraduate student in mathematics, and I will be starting my third year of university in the fall. I recently attended an NSF "Research Experiences for Undergraduates" (REU) program.
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Students who want to take higher courses early
I'm a first-year undergraduate student (studying Pure Mathematics) at a university that has a mediocre mathematics department, in a country where there are no really good math departments compared to ...
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What to do in the summer if math REUs reject me? Should I still apply to grad school?
This past fall/winter I applied to 16 of the pure math summer REU programs listed by the AMS here, and haven't been accepted by any so far. Five have rejected me, and the fact that none of the other ...
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Are mathematics REUs absolutely limited to undergraduates?
I had an amazing time at my REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) last summer. I would really love to do another one this year.
Problem is, I am about to graduate, so I will technically not ...
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How should I start Undergraduate Research in Mathematics?
I am a college sophomore in US with double majors in mathematics and microbiology. My algorithmic biology research got me passionate about number theory and analysis. I started pursuing a mathematics ...
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I have written one mathematical paper which I want to publish, do I need to give professor co-authorship?
I am an undergrad student studying in the last year of my bachelor’s. I have written one paper in number theory discovering one new elementary method. I want to publish it.
For mentorship I went to my ...
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How to start doing undergraduate research in mathematics when I have limited support from my professors?
I have no research experience and I'm in my junior year of college. I'm very interested in doing research in any field at this point (combinatorics or linear algebra would be especially preferred) and ...
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What does success look like in undergraduate research projects?
I've fortunately gotten a placement to do supervised mathematical research over the summer. The field is probability/statistics. My research topic has already been given to me. I'm planning on asking ...
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How to get a research paper all together
The "research portion" of my paper is mostly done, but I'm having trouble putting together my research. (Keep in mind this is at the undergraduate level). It's not so much that I don't know how to ...
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What should a student look for in an undergraduate thesis topic/supervisor?
I am an undergraduate student (in maths) looking for a topic and supervisor for my thesis.
What criteria should I use to judge whether a project/supervisor combination will make for a good thesis and ...
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What are the 'objective circumstances' that one young researcher should take into account when choosing a research topic?
Premise: I originally asked this on MathOverflow, but it was pointed out to me that it could be better fit for Academia Stack Exchange.
Note: I have received extremely varied advice on the following ...
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The best way to prepare an undergraduate student before entering scientific research
I am a student in the second year of a university majoring in mathematics. I am trying to publish scientific research. Of course I know that it will be very difficult to do it at this level of study. ...
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Indicating undergraduate authors on CV
I have noticed that in some fields, it is common to indicate in your CV (with italics, asterisks, or other symbols) if a coauthor is an undergraduate student. I have even seen similar practices for ...
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Funding in mathematics from large companies as undergraduate
I am currently a second year mathematics undergraduate and will be undertaking a research placement (in topology/decision problems in group theory) at a maths faculty in England this coming summer.
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Apply to math Ph.D. programs [duplicate]
If I were to apply to a Ph.D. program for mathematics and in the application mentioned that my intended field of study would be something in algebra, would the admissions committee be interested in a ...
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How to find less-difficult-than famous unsolved problems?
When I was in my high school I studied 14 undergraduate books with almost all their exercises. I am about to begin my undergraduate in mathematics this week. I love to do research in mathematics. I ...
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What makes a stellar undergraduate thesis?
In mathematics, what distinguishes an exceptional undergraduate thesis for the rest? How do original contributions, accessibility of the topic (ie more or less prerequisites), novelty of the topic, ...
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Finding original research ideas/topics as an undergraduate student
I am currently an undergraduate student majoring in mathematics and biology. My plan is to combine both of these fields with the hope of somehow working with modeling infectious diseases through the ...
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College Staff Taking Classes and Doing Research
I presently work in a facilities-type role at a small Liberal Arts college.
One of the benefits of working at the college is the ability to take two classes per academic-year (not including summer or ...
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Can mathematical ideas applied to CS problems count as "undergraduate research"?
I ran across this thread, in which the accepted answer mentions to "[..] Start on a research project (independently or otherwise) if you have not already ASAP. "
I'm an undergraduate studying ...
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Listing books read on a CV for undergraduate research in mathematics
I am currently making my CV for undergraduate research internships in Pure Mathematics. I have read many graduate level books on the field out of my own interest. Whenever I was stuck on a difficult ...
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How narrow or broad should I look for undergraduate research?
I'm currently an American sophomore undergrad and I'm looking into research opportunities at the moment. My problem is that the area of mathematics that interests me the most is mathematical logic and ...
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How to get into a top mathematics PhD program?
I'm a first year student undergraduate at a top US university, and I'm going to major in math. Of course, I still don't really know what I want to do with my life, but I'm really excited about going ...
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Should I publish this? [duplicate]
In the year 2000, someone probed the 3 dimensional quantum dots using a new condition which is important in semi conductor physics. But they basically solved the Schrodinger equation for ground state ...
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Why would an international applicant with a perfect GPA and an undergraduate thesis get rejected from 16 grad schools? [duplicate]
I applied to 16 graduate schools for this coming fall. I am a transfer student at a Top 10 Public US school. I had GPA 4.00 at the time I applied (Not yet took graduate course yet, but I wrote that I ...
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Where can I pay professional researchers online to verify my results and answer my questions? [duplicate]
I am looking for professional help to verify some results I am working on and maintaining in a write-up. However, I can't get anyone for free since I was forced to leave my old university, Case ...
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Are there particular areas of mathematical research that attract universities to consider someone over another?
I thought of my question when considering if I wanted to be a math professor.
Background: Currently I’m an undergraduate studying math with a concentration in computer science, and I am interested in ...
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How do graduate schools in Mathematics view advanced graduate courses taken at a less prestigious undergraduate institution?
I am a junior undergraduate at a less prestigious school. I have the option of taking graduate courses. I am sure I won't run out of them. However I am skeptical of how committee especially top ...
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How to list undergraduate paper on CV
Mathematics.
Not novel research ~ merely an analysis / reformulation of an existing, proved theorem
Not a thesis, but was a major (50%) component of a senior course.
Never published.
The math isn't ...
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Having Trouble Finding a Faculty Member for Math Undergraduate Research [duplicate]
I am an undergraduate pursuing mathematics and computer science in the research university at U.S. Inspired from the applications of algebra to math and statistics, I have been trying to find a ...
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Do I have to prove all the theorems I mention in my paper?
I am writing a paper on a big theorem in Algebra. But in order to supply as many proofs as I find interesting, I have to mention the theorems used to prove this Big Theorem. Do I have to include all ...
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How can I do undergraduate research in high school without special math programs?
I'm a 10th grader and I really love math. I study it at the upper undergraduate level, participate in competitions, engage in the philosophy of math, etc. But I've been wanting to do research while I'...
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Undergraduate research in math, but no research paper, will this hurt me in graduate admissions?
I will be applying for admission into graduate school in Fall 2016.
I did research with a professor last summer in mathematical biology. I have presented that research at a two conferences and have ...
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Is it helpful for graduate school admissions to publish in undergraduate research journals?
I’m a fourth year undergrad majoring in math at a university in the US. I’ve been working independently on an elementary graph theory problem for a while and I’ve found some nice results. It’s not ...
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Do prestigious mathematics journals discriminate against young (undergraduate) authors?
I am an undergraduate mathematics major. I have made a draft of a paper on group theory. My paper is not a breakthrough. After scanning through a lot of journals I have come down to Journal of Group ...
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Starting an REU late because of quarter system?
So I am really looking forward to participating in math REUs after sophomore and junior years in college, but I just noticed that since I am on a quarter system I will only be done with finals at ...
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How to approach undergraduate research without official program?
I am a second year mathematics and physics student. My primary goal is to enter a post-graduate program in mathematics and hopefully progress further, should I possess the capability. I attend a South ...
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Should I speak to my supervisor about changing my undergrad project topic?
I am going into my third year at university of my Math degree and have decided to undertake an independent project under the supervision of a lecturer who is, primarily, a number theorist. One of the ...
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Math Research after undergraduate degree and before graduate school
I graduated with a bachelor's in math a few years ago and this year I've applied to several graduate programs and have been rejected. One of the graduate coordinators gave me some very helpful ...
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How good is the International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics? (http://www.ijpam.eu/) [duplicate]
I had recently submitted my paper to this journal on the advise of my guide and quite fortunately, I received an email a few days back saying that the paper had been accepted for publication. So ...
