Undergraduate Research Experience in Algebra and Discrete Mathematics at Auburn University

1999年和2000年的夏天，来自阿拉巴马州和附近各州的大专院校的二年级、三年级和四年级的学生将在奥本大学聚集八周，在离散和统计科学系进行离散数学和代数方面的研究。在会议的第一周，参与者将被给予一个密集的介绍，选择具体的开放问题或问题领域。在第二周，他们将得到有益的观察和更深入的背景问题。参与者将被要求在第三周开始时决定他们夏季工作的“主要”问题或问题领域。尽管此后任何人都可以从事任何工作，但每个参与者都应该集中精力解决自己的问题，通常是与他人合作，并在日常研讨会和问题会议上简要介绍背景文献和取得的进展。每个问题小组将在八周结束时准备一份他们工作的书面总结，并对总结进行口头报告，报告将在小组成员之间进行分配。如果取得了可发表的成果，取得成果的学生将自行决定如何撰写成果，但教师导师将在格式、协议和打印论文等方面提供帮助。如果导师后来根据学生参与者的工作取得了可发表的成果，学生将被正式列为任何论文的共同作者。为了进行进一步的研究，招募后续项目或研究生学习，以及评估他们参与项目对他们生活的影响，将与有意愿的参与者保持沟通。

Sophomores, juniors, and seniors from colleges and universities in Alabama and nearby states will assemble for eight weeks at Auburn University, in the summers of 1999 and 2000, to conduct research in discrete mathematics and algebra in the Department of Discrete and Statistical Sciences.During the first week of the session, participants will be given an intensive introduction to a selection of specific open problems or problem areas. During the second week, they will be given helpful observations and deeper background on the problems. Participants will be asked to decide on a ``major'' problem or problem area for their summer's work at the beginning of the third week. Although anyone may work on anything thereafter, each participant will be expected to concentrate on their problem, usually in collaboration with others, and to make short presentations of background literature and of progress made in daily seminars and problem sessions. Each problem group will be expected to prepare a written summary of their work at the end of the eight weeks and to deliver an oral presentation of the summary, with the presentation to be apportioned among the group members. If publishable results are achieved, the achievers will decide among themselves how results should be written up, but faculty mentors will help out in matters of format, protocol, and getting the paper typed. In case the mentors later achieve publishable results based on work of student participants, the students will be duly listed as co-authors of any papers resulting.Communication will be maintained with those participants that wish it, for the purpose of conducting further research, for recruiting for subsequent programs or graduate study, and for assessing the impact of their participation in the project on their lives.