Master's Thesis

Description

The competences of the student to contribute actively to scientific research are at the core of the master thesis. More specifically, the following goals are pursued: -  to formulate research problems and to plan a reseach project (under supervison of a senior researcher); -  to collect information autonomously and to evaluate its relevance with respect to the research problem; -  to follow up and to analyse new developments; -  to acquire the attitudes to work in a (research) team; -  to communicate in scientifically correct language while collaborating with fellow students and researchers; -  to be come into contact with contemporary research in some specific domain of mathematics; -  to use modern theoretical techniques and methods; -  to analyse critically the obtained results and their interpretation; -  to report and to present the obtained results coherently and to put open question in the proper perspective. Making the connection with techniques and results from the literature and with contemporary research constitutes an essential part of this aspect.