Thesis Joy!

ArcanaNoir

I just finished my undergraduate thesis and I wanted to share it with everybody! It's not exactly what I wanted it to be, my professor pulled rank and changed the contents, but it's still a representation of a lot of hard work. The undergraduate thesis is not expected to contain original work, so don't be dissapointed.
The hardest part wasn't even the math, it was definitely making the Latex document!
I'm so glad I chose to do a thesis as an undergrad though. I learned more than I ever thought I would. And sure I learned math, which was totally awesome and fun, but I think the most valuable things are learned are actually the latex stuff and the things I learned about writing a thesis in general. (But don't tell my professor that.) Now, any time I want to whip out a latex document I can do it with ease. I can turn in class homework all typed up prettiful just to perturb my professors. And as for thesis-ing, I made some serious mistakes that would not have gone overlooked as a grad student. Like not giving myself enough time to do it the way I wanted to...

So here it is, for better or for worse!

zomg I almost just uploaded the pdf with the title page with my name and university for all to see

Attached Files

Dedekind Proof Tex.pdf (198.5 KB, 184 views)

I like Serena

Beautiful thesis.
Congratulations!

akimmi

great thesis
No doubt thesis need hard work. its depended for your future.

ArcanaNoir

Yay! Thanks guys :)

chiro

Congratulations ArcanaNoir and well done: be proud!

rootX

Congrats!

GregJ

Very nice! Good job! :D

Danger

The last time that I whipped out something with latex on it, I got arrested. I called it "freedom of expression"; the cops called it "indecent exposure". Go figure...

ArcanaNoir

Next time use more latex!

I like Serena

Yes... I saw a Z in there that should really be a ##\mathbb{Z}##! ;)

Danger

I'm not sure why, but that sounds uncomfortable.

ArcanaNoir

Oh noes! Well, I'd rather have a Z in the wrong font than an actual error. Font choice is probably the most innocuous mistake I could make.

WannabeNewton

Yay Arcana! You go girl =p. Just one question: you said you were glad you CHOSE to do a bachelor's thesis...isn't it required? Or is that more of a physics thing?

I like Serena

It's not really a mistake since mathematically a font choice is irrelevant (as long as there is no ambiguity).
Consistent fonts look nice though, just like latex looks good (on people ;).

Danger

Too right!

As for fonts, I always prefer Comic Sans.

Drakkith

Whoa...what are all those strange symbols and hieroglyphs? I vaguely remember hearing of them before...something like...numbers? Math? It's all so confusing...

But seriously, congratulations!

Danger

I'm glad that someone injected a note of seriousness, because I felt really uncomfortable at the thought of doing so myself. Now that it's been done, though...
Congratulations, Arcana. I can't read your thesis, but I take the judgement of the others that it's great. (I started to read your link, but couldn't follow it past the second sentence of the introduction. It seems to have something to do with math, and that's as far as I could get.)
I hope that doesn't mean that we can't be friends.