Math 4989 - Senior Capstone Project

Course Information.

MATH 4989 - Senior Capstone Project will be taught by a team of professors, each covering various modules throughout the course. The content of the course can be found in the Course Syllabus, while a tentative schedule for the course can be found by viewing the Course Calendar. Since this page will be updated regularly with important information regarding the successful completion of the course (and your major at Clayton State University) it is recommended that you bookmark this website and check it regularly.

Professor.	Office.	Office Hours.
Scott Bailey*	U307	MTR 04:00 pm -- 6:00 pm (or by appointment)
Christian Barrientos	U336	M 02:00 pm -- 03:50 pm; T 01:00 pm -- 01:50 pm
Elliot Krop	U433	TR 02:00 pm -- 03:30 pm
Christopher Raridan	U419	MW 08:30 am -- 09:30 am; TR 01:00 pm -- 02:00 pm; (or by appointment)
Anthony Stinson	U407	TR 10:00 am -- 12:00 pm; TR 02:30 pm -- 04:00 pm
David Williams	U431	MW 01:00 pm -- 03:00 pm; TR 02:30 pm -- 04:30 pm; (or by appointment)

* - denotes Lead Instructor.

Assignments.

April 18, 2012
Write up the slides for the "meat" of your presentation, i.e., the most important slides of your talk the content of which you would like the audience to really walk away with. Email these slides to Dr. Bailey before lecture starts Wednesday, April 18. We will pick a few at random to give a short presentation.
April 11, 2012
Using our discussion from April 4 on Beamer. Start to outline (with \section, \subsection in the beamer class) your presentation you will give on April 28. You will give a short presentation summarizing this outline.
March 28, 2012
Using our discussion from March 21, prepare a 5 minute presentation of another (maybe more "difficult"?) theorem. Make sure you send any digital presentations to Dr. Williams.
March 21, 2012
Prepare a 5 minute presentation of your favorite theorem.
March 14, 2012
Compile a list of all your references for your Capstone project (i.e., every reference which will appear in your bibliography).
February 8, 2012
Write an abstract for this articles Stirred, Not Shaken, by Stirling's Formula and Equal Area World Maps: A Case Study in LaTeX. Do not look up the abstracts online, try to create the abstract by yourself using the concepts discussed in lecture. Email these to Dr. Williams.
February 1, 2012
Create a folder in your LaTeX tutorials folder called "Template 2"; Create a new file LastName-Template-2.tex and save it in the Template 2 folder.

Recreate this file. Certain aspects should be changed to reflect your project, e.g., the title, you and your advisor’s names and e-mail addresses, your subject classification(s), and key words and phrases.

You may need to search the internet for information about certain aspects of this assignment. In particular, you will need to: create the abstract; create subsections (don’t forget the labels!); italicize words; create the references section. Note. For the abstract and references sections there are special commands (not just unnumbered sections).

Can you find the command that typesets LaTeX in that funny way?
January 25, 2012
Find the AMS classification code(s) of your Capstone project (there may be multiple codes which will work).

Update your paper with the AMS codes you found, and email the result to Dr. Raridan.

NOTE: The Proficiency Profile is being given on February 1 during regular class time. However, it will not be held in the normal lecture room. You should report to the testing center in the basement of the Library behind the CAS.
January 18, 2012
Make sure you have a LaTeX installation is on your computer.

Use what you know about LaTeX so far to type a five (5) paragraph essay, each with at least three (3) sentences but no more than five, about a famous late mathematician.

The first paragraph should provide an introduction to who you are going to write about, and what you are going to say; the second paragraph should address their early life; the third paragraph should address their mathematical interests and/or achievements; the fourth paragraph should address the circumstances of their death; the fifth should provide a summary of the "high points" you presented in the paper, that is, provide concluding remarks.

Name the file mathematicianFirstName-mathematicianLastName-YourLastName.tex and send both the *.tex and *.pdf files to Dr. Raridan.
January 11, 2012
Find three articles (or a print-out of the ILL request if they haven't arrived before next week) relevant to your Capstone Project. These should be sources that will appear in your bibliography of your final paper. E-mail these to Dr. Williams.

Important Dates.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - Proficiency Profile.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 02:45 pm -- 04:45 pm - Major Field Test
Saturday, April 28, 2012 - All day - Final presentations.

Conferences.

(U) = Undergraduate ; (F) = Faculty

Georgia Collegiate Honors Conference
February 17-18, 2012
North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, GA
Best paper award of $500.
Registration/Abstract Deadline: January 28
Troy MathFest 2012 (U)
February 25, 2012
Troy University, Montgomery, AL
Calculus competition; registration is free; lunch is provided; limited travel support for students.
Registration/Abstract Deadline: Not available at this time.
MAA Meeting, Southeastern Section (U,F)
March 8-10, 2012
Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Registration fees paid for volunteers (3 hours);
Registration: March 1 (online); onsite afterward.
Abstract: February 1 (papers and posters).
6th Biennial Smoky Mountain Undergraduate Conference on the History of Mathematics (SMURCHOM) (U)
March 16-17, 2012
Western Carolina University, Cullowee, NC
Leave March 16; registration is free; limited rooms for students; travel support from the CSU Math Club.
Registration/Abstract Deadline: Not available at this time.
Eagle Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (U)
Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
Leave March 30; problem solving competition; registration free for students, $25 for faculty; lunch provided; limited travel support.
Registration/Abstract Deadline: March 1
3rd Annual Clayton State University Academic Conference (U)
April 6, 2012 (12:00 pm -- 4:00 pm)
Clayton State University, Morrow, GA
Registration is free.
Registration/Abstract Deadline: February 17
6th Annual Undergraduate Math Conference (U)
April 21, 2012
University of Tennessee/Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
Leave April 20;
Registration/Abstract Deadline: Not available at this time.
10th Harriett J. Walton Symposium on Undergraduate Mathematics (U)
April 2012
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
25th Annual Cumberland Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing (U,F)
May 10-12, 2012
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Leave May 9; possible support for students.
Registration/Abstract Deadline: Not available at this time.
8th Annual UNCG Regional Mathematics and Statistics Conference (U)
November 3, 2012
University of North Carolina/Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Leave November 2; registration is free; lunch is provided; limited travel support for students.
Registration/Abstract Deadline: Not available at this time.
Kennesaw Mountain Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (U,F)
November 9-10, 2012 (tentative)
Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Registration is $10; lunch is provided; limited travel support for students.
Registration/Abstract Deadline: Not available at this time.