Department of Mathematics
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAM IN MATHEMATICS
Research Training
As part of their degree requirements, research students take a mandatory coursework unit (MATH843). The primary aim of this unit is to provide students with familiarity and expertise in the use of computing software as used by professional mathematicians in their everyday research and communication. This includes the preparation of journal articles and materials for seminar presentations. Good mathematical writing style will be addressed, as well as the mechanics of how to use LaTeX software to produce desirable printable layouts. The special needs of mathematical, and other technical, material is addressed. Particular requirements of individual students, due to the nature of their research project, will also be handled. This is in addition to handling citations, bibliographies, figures, tables, diagrams, table of contents, indexes, etc. By the end of the course, each student should have prepared a professional quality proposal for their own postgraduate research topic, including literature survey with active hyperlinks to resources available on the internet.