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Presentation-related material for MATH 235

Mathematical Models and Their Analysis

Some suggestions about organizing your presentation can be found here:

See Secs. 1--5 of "Communicating Applied Mathematics: Four Examples", SIAM Rev. 48, 359 (2006)
SIAM: Some tips for making effective presentations (The section "Tips for making effective presentations" starts about quarter of a page down on this webpage)
Prof. C. Van Loan: Tips for a short talk
Prof. J. Gallian: How to give a good talk (Math Horizons, April 1998)

Suggested list of journals (all available at UVM) for the final project:

American Journal of Physics
Collection of Award-winning papers on the webpage of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
The College Mathematics Journal
The American Mathematical Monthly
The Mathematical Gazette
Mathematics Magazine

Note that in order to view papers in the above journals, you need to be logged in via the UVM network. If any of the above journal links does not work, go to library.uvm.edu and find the journal there.
If you have no idea what topic may interest you, you may seek inspiration at this website maintained by the American Mathematical Society.