Final Project Information for History of Mathematics (Math 436), Spring 2017 (Rutgers, NB)

As stated in the policy page, the Final Project counts for 190 points out of a total 500 (it is instead of a final exam).

You can pick any topic related to the history of mathematics, be it a person or subject. You are welcome to pick any living mathematician, including any professor over forty-years-old here at the Rutgers math department. The advantage of picking a local mathematician is that you can interview him or her. If you choose to do a living mathematician, preferably at Rutgers, the format can be similar to the one in this great website. The project should be at least four typed (single-space) pages long, and at most ten pages long.

The essay has to be in your own words, and you should use at least three different sources (unless you are doing a Rutgers faculty member, based on an interview with him or her)

Please do not copy-and-paste stuff that you found on the web. With google, it is very easy to detect plagiarism.

Important Deadlines:

• Announcement of the project title: Thurs., March 9, 2017. Indicate it in the attendance quiz for March 9, 2017.

• April 27, 2017: Be ready to deliver a three-minute oral presentation of the project. The oral presentations will take place on April 27 and May 1, and will be assigned by lottery. So be ready to present it on April 27, but half of you would be doing it on May 1, 2017.

• May 1, 2017, 10pm: .pdf file of presentation, sent as an attachment to

  ShaloshBEkhad@gmail.com

  with Subject: MathHistoryRocks; Class Project

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