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Math Research

This guide supports undergraduate math students who are doing math research.

Formulating a Research Question

  • Focus and Specificity: Ensure your research question is narrow and specific enough to be addressed within the scope of your resources and time.

  • Originality: Aim for a question that contributes something new to the field, whether through novel proofs, applications, or extensions of existing theories.

Focus and Specificity

Ensure your research question is narrow and specific enough to be addressed within the scope of your resources and time.

Originality

Aim for a question that contributes something new to the field, whether through novel proofs, applications, or extensions of existing theories.