This module is an opportunity for students to explore in depth a particular topic or problem in mathematics or statistics chosen from a list prepared by the division. Each student is supervised by a member of staff throughout the execution of the project. This execution is carried out between September and May. There are many different types of project: some comprise primarily of a review of the literature, the student assembling from several sources their own account of a body of mathematics not covered elsewhere in the programme; others involve tackling an applied problem, and these normally require some computational work, using Mathematica for example; and in others specialised statistical techniques and packages are used to analyse a large data set. The work is assessed by means of a dissertation and an oral presentation to the division.
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