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{SECT 0 {EXCHG {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 257 24 "Final Project Guidelines
" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 22 "by Dr. Sarah Greenwald" }}{PARA 0 "" 
0 "" {TEXT -1 25 "Mat 2240 - Linear Algebra" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 
-1 11 "April, 2001" }}}{SECT 1 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 12 "Introducti
on" }}}{SECT 1 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 19 "Background Material" }}}
{SECT 1 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 8 "Examples" }}}{SECT 1 {PARA 3 "" 0 
"" {TEXT -1 25 "Applications to Real Life" }}}{SECT 1 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" 
{TEXT -1 10 "Conclusion" }}}{SECT 1 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 10 "Refer
ences" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 115 "-----------------------
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----------------------" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 86 "The abo
ve is an example of a possible format for your final project (one per \+
group).  " }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 90 "Your report should be in Map
le, but may have different sections and subsections than this." }}
{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 292 "To create the sections (the boxes with t
he plus signs next to them), in Maple, under Insert, release on Sectio
n.  You can also create subsections.  Then, you can open the sections \+
by clicking on the plus sign, and close the section by clicking on the
 minus sign that appears when one is open." }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 
-1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }{TEXT 259 167 "Anything that \+
you way in your presentation should be in text comments somewhere in y
our report, and your report will be much more substantial than your pr
esentation.  " }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 153 "Your Maple worksheet sh
ould include all of your work, with detailed explanations (ie it shoul
d be self explanatory).  It needs to be in your own words.  " }{TEXT 
261 84 "If you take a quote from somewhere, then you need to give refe
rence where it is due." }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 19 "Your presentati
on (" }{TEXT 260 28 "4-7 minutes in length total " }{TEXT -1 111 "- pr
actice the length carefully!) will summarize the highlights of your pr
oject and will give a brief overview." }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 130 
"Your project will be graded based on the depth of the mathematics, an
d the clarity (spelling counts too!) of your explanations.   " }}
{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 220 "During the final exam period, we will go
 over presentations and do course evaluations of Dr. Sarah.  I will pr
ovide some snacks, but you should bring something to drink for yoursel
f.  If you wish to bring snacks to share" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 
39 "with the class, that would be nice too!" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT 
-1 0 "" }}}{EXCHG {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 245 "Below is what you woul
d see when you opened each of the above section - (the copy above and \+
below is just for your benefit so that you can see what they look like
 open and closed.  You should just have one copy in your project, whic
h is closed)." }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 
0 "" {TEXT -1 12 "Introduction" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 121 "Your i
ntroduction must explain what your final project is about, and summari
ze the contents of the rest of the sections. " }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 
0 "" {TEXT -1 19 "Background Material" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 235 
"This section should explain any background material that is necessary
.  It should also summarize important ideas from class that are necess
ary.  For example, if your project uses eigenvalues, then you should s
ummarize how to find them." }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 8 "Exa
mples" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 171 "This section should contain det
ailed examples of how matrices / linear algebra are used for your topi
c.  Different examples should be located within different subsections.
" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 
0 "" }{TEXT 262 0 "" }{TEXT 263 25 "Applications to Real Life" }{TEXT 
-1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 529 "This section should summarize \+
applications of your topic to real life in detail.  It should also add
ress the importance of matrices within the context of these real life \+
applications.  It should also give a description of how people (in rea
l life) find the matrices that they need / or solve for the informatio
n they need given the matrices.  It should also list problems and diff
iculties that people encounter using the matrices in the application, \+
and any other topics of interest that give us a sense of the real-life
 context." }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 10 "Conclusion" }}
{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 123 "This section should contain a conclusion
 of your project.  It might also contain questions / ideas for further
 exploration." }}}{SECT 0 {PARA 3 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 10 "References" }}
{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 216 "This section must contain a list of refe
rences and web reference addresses.  In addition, after each reference
, you need to summarize (in your own words) what is contained within e
ach reference and how you used it.  " }}}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "
" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 733 "You should spend a reasonable amount
 of time on your final project, but you should not spend excessive tim
e on your project.  For example, you might find that your original goa
l is unobtainable.  That is ok.  The purpose of this report is for you
 to research an area that is interesting and related to linear algebra
, and report back to us on what you were able to find in your own word
s.  Depth of content does matter, but you should not feel as if your p
roject needs to contain everything there is to say on the subject (thi
s would be impossible to do for many of the topics).  You might wish t
o include a section on what you thought you might find before you star
ted out, and how it differed from what you actually ended up doing." }
}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 0 "" }}{PARA 0 "" 0 "" {TEXT -1 76 "I am hap
py to give your feedback if you bring your work into office hours.  " 
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