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Math 325

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Spring, 2001

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GUIDELINES FOR GROUP PROJECTS
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After studying the description of the project, 
you should decide who will work on what
and on a schedule for completing that work.
When you compile the work into a report, you will want
to make sure everyone in the group understands everything
in the report.

You may use computers for any part of Project 1 except the
identification of the type and stability of a critical point.
For that, use Table 9.3.1 on page 484 of Boyce and DiPrima.

You may discuss the project with members of other groups, 
but you may not copy any work from another group. 
Copying some work from another group is a violation of the
Honor Code.


Each group will turn in one
report, written jointly by the group.  The report must
be readable, literate and informative.  A single grade will be
assigned to all group members.  The report should include:
\begin{itemize}
  \item carefully labeled graphs;
  \item detailed derivations and calculations;
  \item a list of any references other than the textbooks used in the
project;
\item a list of all software and hardware used in the project.
\end{itemize}

When you have completed the project, every member of the group
should read the entire project.  You must check to make sure that
the parts are consistent.  In particular, make sure that your 
project does not
have any mathematical statements which contradict the computer ouput
you have included. 
If it has any, then  there is an error in
either the output or the statements
(or both).


In addition, if you want, you may explore additional topics
related to the topics of the project and include them in 
your report. For example, you might include a rigorous discussion
of some mathematics related to the project. 
Or, you might do
further computer 
experiments and  discuss any unexpected or new 
properties or conjectures related to the results of the
experiments.

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