Constraints:

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The fifinal submitted pdf document shall consist of no more than 12 pages including fifigures and tables,

but not including references and appendices.

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Include only

‘

key

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fifigures/tables/schematics in the main body of the report. Complex fifigures/tables or

detailed methodologies can be reported in Appendices.

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The

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fontsize

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is strictly 11 points and the margins of the document are automatically set by the

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full

page

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package as instructed above.

(The other package (

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amsmath

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) might be needed for the mathematical

editing

. Add any other packages, if needed.

)

Part of your task is to determine how best to present the information and your scientifific argument. Think

of the 3Cs:

• Considered: have you considered all aspects of the project?

• Constructed: is your report well constructed (structured)? Have you used diagrams/fifigures/maths

& computational tools appropriately to convey your information?

• Concise: being concise brings clarity

. Is your report accurate and easy to read?

In the following, you will fifind guidelines for the structure of your report:Please use the following headings (you can add subheadings):

Title

Succinct description of your project (ideally should fifit on a line or two at most)

Introduction

This should be a general introduction to the overall project covering the relevant literature (refrain from

citing tutorials you found on the web; restrict to standard text books and original literature in peer

reviewed journals)

. Once you have provided the background and stated the problem or question for your

study, explain the purpose of your study

. Include at the end of your Introduction a clear and exact

statement of your study aims.

Methods

This section provides the details of how you conducted your study

. You should focus on reporting

the discipline

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specifific (aka maths) aspects of the research. This must include aspects of mathematical

theory and numerical algorithms & computational implementation. You may also cover aspects of the

mathematical theory which you have learned about in your own studies (not in the lectures) and/or

which may not have featured in the group presentation.

This is YOUR individual report so we encourage you to present what YOU think are the best strate

gies/methods (this can di?er to what the group has decided)

.

Results

Simply state what you found, but do not interpret the results or discuss their implications. Results

should be presented in a logical order. In general this will be in order of importance. Do not duplicate

data among fifigures, tables, and text. If relevant, include the results of statistical analyses in the text.

Discussion

This section should be about the interpretation of your results. Discuss strengths and limitations of the

approach you took AND place your research into context of the overall project (are there other approaches

that, with hindsight, might have been better?)

. For higher level marks, also place your research into

context of the current body of research in their chosen fifield. If your fifindings are preliminary, suggest

future studies that need to be carried out.

Again, this is YOUR individual report so we encourage you to present YOUR point of view (this can

di?er to what the group has decided)

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Conclusions

Final paragraph summarising keys points from the report.

References

Ideally use bibtex with the natbib

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style.

Appendices (optional)

There is no word limit for this additional material but it should be relevant material

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don

’

t just dump

anything you can fifind here and hope it counts towards something

.