Choosing a compatible advisor is very important, and if working on
open-source/free software is important to you then you should bring up
the issue very early on.
The points made above are all very good too. Its probably best to
figure out what you are most interested in working on, and then
dec
On Sep 17, 2008, at 10:51 AM, William Stein wrote:
> So the short answer is that you could (and should :-) )
> work on Sage a lot in nearly any Ph.D. program in the world.
I guess my concern is really that I have known several professors who
have the attitude of "why don't you just use Maple,
I completely agree with others who have responded. Just wanted to add
my two cents.
If you are interested in computing intensive areas, then you might
also want to consider other departments and application areas -
computer science is one obvious possibility, but also some engineering
departments
Everything that William said about PhDs in the US applies in the UK
too. In particular, entrance onto a PhD programme would be judged
99.9% on mathematical ability and potential.
John Cremona
2008/9/17 William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Ivan Andrus <[EMAIL P
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 9:20 PM, Ivan Andrus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I apologize for asking here since this probably isn't the best place,
> but I've seen several people looking for students so I thought I'd
> give it a shot the other way around.
>
> I graduated with a Master's (in Math) 3
