Math 636 - PNAS Reports

Early this semester, you are going to write a review based on articles from the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). You will select an article from this journal, then write a report (2-5 pages) on this article. In particular, you will begin with a summary of what the authors showed in their article, then you will detail the mathematical modeling required to demonstrate their results or some aspect of the mathematical modeling. The article that you choose must be less than 5 years old and each student must select a unique article. (Exceptions to this rule can be made for reasons, such as particular interest or advice from a future advisor.) You will email me the details on the article that you have selected (title, PNAS issue, date, pages, etc.), then I will post it below, so others will not select the same article. Be sure to attach a PDF version of the article so that I can have it in my files. You can change your mind, but you must let me know so that I can update the list for other students. Articles will be assigned on a first come, first serve basis. (I will try very hard to update this page daily with any changes.) I will check that each of you choose a unique article. Your review will be due Wed. Sept. 31.

Student and PNAS Article