REU Site in Mathematics at Louisiana State University

路易斯安那州立大学REU成立于1993年，面向所有国家人口统计群体的高级本科生。通过为所有人口群体提供参与当前数学研究的兴奋和挑战的机会，我们的REU在帮助缓解目前和预计的国家科技工作者短缺方面迈出了适度的一步。REU将专注于数论、几何学和拓扑学(特别是辫子、结和环)的当前研究课题。2001年暑假的主题是：数论、几何和拓扑学中的计数问题和Zeta函数。更多细节可在我们的网站上查看：http://www.math.lsu.edu/REU/.The项目为期8周，在暑期进行，12名学生由3名教师指导。REU的一些基本特点包括：在路易斯安那州立大学校园的学生公寓中进行群集式住宿，并每天下午茶，以促进互动和促进团体凝聚力；最初两周的入门讲座和与导师的单独会议，之后学生们分成四个人一组，与导师一起就个别但密切相关的项目开展工作。非正式和正式的数学交流都是通过在夏初给出的口头项目描述和期末口头和书面陈述来培养的。

Founded in 1993, the REU at Louisiana State University is intended for advanced undergraduates from all national demographic groups. Our REU represents a modest step in the effort to help alleviate the current and projected national shortage of scientific and technological workers by providing access for all demographic groups to participate in the excitement and challenge of current mathematical research. The REU will focus oncurrent research topics in number theory, geometry and topology (particularly braids, knots and links). For summer, 2001, the theme will be: Counting problems and zeta functions in number theory, geometry andtopology. Further details are available on our web site: http://www.math.lsu.edu/REU/.The program is designed for eight weeks during the summer with twelve students divided among three faculty mentors. Some basic features of the REU include: cluster housing in student apartments on the LSU campusand daily afternoon teas to foster interaction and promote group cohesion; intial introductory lectures and individual meetings with the mentors during the first two weeks, after which the students group themselves into cohorts of four students working with a mentor on individual but closely-related projects. Communication of mathematics is fostered both informally and formally with an oral project description given early in the summer and final oral and written presentations.