project

[sara_87]

i'm not quite sure where to post this, but i need help picking a project for my final year (3rd year uni)

i like number theory but i'm not sure what to do
anyone want to suggest any titles that i could research?
actually you could even suggest topics that have nothing to do with number theory, if i find them interesting i'll research a little bit about them...

any suggestions will be very appreciated

[alphachapmtl]

Check this book:
Unsolved Problems in Number Theory
by Richard K. Guy
Publisher: Springer; 3rd edition (July 13, 2004)

It is full of ideas, with lot of stuff to investigate.

http://www.amazon.com/Unsolved-Problems-Problem-Mathematics-Intuitive/dp/0387208607/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218900092&sr=1-4

http://books.google.com/books?id=1AP2CEGxTkgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=unsolved+problems+in+number&ei=Z_OmSPCyBof8jgGela37Cw&sig=ACfU3U273yDMqnMuUjnet9uYFVZ0zGwVrw#PPP1,M1

[cristo]

i'm not quite sure where to post this, but i need help picking a project for my final year (3rd year uni)

i like number theory but i'm not sure what to do
anyone want to suggest any titles that i could research?
actually you could even suggest topics that have nothing to do with number theory, if i find them interesting i'll research a little bit about them...

any suggestions will be very appreciated

Doesn't your university give a list of suitable topics, or a list of faculty who would be willing to supervise projects in certain, specific areas? It would be quite hard to just randomly pick some topic!

[sara_87]

Check this book:
Unsolved Problems in Number Theory
by Richard K. Guy
Publisher: Springer; 3rd edition (July 13, 2004)

It is full of ideas, with lot of stuff to investigate.

http://www.amazon.com/Unsolved-Problems-Problem-Mathematics-Intuitive/dp/0387208607/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218900092&sr=1-4

http://books.google.com/books?id=1AP2CEGxTkgC&printsec=frontcover&dq=unsolved+problems+in+number&ei=Z_OmSPCyBof8jgGela37Cw&sig=ACfU3U273yDMqnMuUjnet9uYFVZ0zGwVrw#PPP1,M1

thanx thats exactly what i was looking for, unsolved stuff!!! :)

Doesn't your university give a list of suitable topics, or a list of faculty who would be willing to supervise projects in certain, specific areas? It would be quite hard to just randomly pick some topic!

yeah they gave lots of options but i didn't like any of them... they were too boring i want to do something new!

[NoMoreExams]

This is fairly new and interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_statistics

[sara_87]

This is fairly new and interesting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_statistics

yes that is interesting, i'll email it to my friend she wants to do stats
thanx

[Dragonfall]

I had a similar project to do for my 3rd year university. I suggest you stay away from Guy's book. The problems in it are fascinating but they're way too difficult for an undergrad semester.