Your assignment is to:
 
1. Select a topic of interest, discussing it with any other instructors of your choice.  Send the title or brief description of your chosen topic to the instructor via email.  Your instructor will let you know whether or not that topic has already been chosen by another student.  Topics will be granted on a first come, first served basis. 

2. After your topic has been approved, conduct a general library/internet search, collecting a list of potential references, and
 
3. Submit your topic proposal, including information regarding sources found in the preliminary search process, as an attachment to this assignment.  This initial list of potential resources does not need to be formatted in the APA style.
 
THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE (AND TOPIC APPROVED) BY THE END OF WEEK TWO.
  
Possible Seminar Topics
 
The following topics are suitable for a seminar paper. Discuss the topic of your choice with your instructor or other instructors in the department and do a library search of possible sources relating to your topic. This list is general, but not all-inclusive. You may choose other topics not on this list but your instructor reserves the right to judge a topic unsuitable.  Generally, your topic will be expected to generate a paper that includes a mathematical discussion with appropriate symbols.  It can also include other information such as historical background or development.

Topics will be granted on a first come, first served basis.  If you choose a topic already approved for another student, you will have to choose again.
 
1. Leibnitz' Rule
2. Self-Integrating Polynomials
3. In-radius of a Triangle
4. Chebyshev Polynomials
5. Quadrature of the Parabola
6. Centers of the US
7. Harmonic-Type Series and Their Sums
8. The Golden Ratio
9. Fermat's Area Theorem
10. Error Estimates for Numerical Integration Methods
11. Solids Whose Area is the Derivative of Volume
12. Dirac Delta Function
13. Cubic Spline Interpolation
14. Gaussian Quadrature
15. Orghogonal Polynomials and Least Squares
16. Runga-Kutta Methods
17. Householder's Method of Approximating Eigenvalues
18. Green's Theorem
19. Seasonal Adjustment and Smoothing of Time Series
20. Index Numbers (CPI, etc)
21. Multiplier Effect in Economic Impact Studies
22. Structural Equation Models, (sub-topics: path analysis, latent variables, factor analysis)
23. Quality Control (sub-topics: control charts, acceptance sampling)
24. Cross-Validation of Regression Models
25. Testing for Normality
26. Logistic Regression
27. Poisson Regression
28. Non-Parametric Regression, ANOVA
29. Chunkwise Regression
30. Maximum Likelihood
31. ANOVA (sub-topics: fixed, random, mixed models, repeated measures, unbalanced designs, general linear model)
32. Paradoxes (e.g. Gabriel's Trumpet)
33. Taylor Series Remainders
34. Partial Correlation
35. Differentiating and Integrating Taylor Series
 
Search Link

The following link to the UC Berkeley Library was provided by the Library Director.

www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html

It contains guidance on conducting searches online. it also has a section on citations.

 

Project does not have any attached files

    • 8 years ago