Krantz S.G. — A mathematician's survival guide: Graduate school and early career development
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Название: A mathematician's survival guide: Graduate school and early career development
Автор: Krantz S.G.
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Graduate school marks the first step toward a career in mathematics for young mathematicians. During this period, they make important decisions which will affect the rest of their careers. Here now is a detailed guide to help students navigate graduate school and the years that follow.
In his inimitable and forthright style, Steven Krantz addresses the major issues of graduate school, including choosing a program, passing the qualifying exams, finding an advisor, writing a thesis, and getting that first job. As with his earlier guide, How to Teach Mathematics, he avoids generalities, giving clear advice on how to handle real situations. The book also contains a description of the basic elements of a mathematical education, as well as a glossary and appendices on the structure of a typical department and university and the standard academic ranks.
Steven G. Krantz is an accomplished mathematician and an award-winning author. He has published 130 research articles and 45 books. He has worked in many different types of mathematics departments, supervised both masters and doctoral students, and is currently the Chair of the Mathematics Department at Washington University in St. Louis.
Job offer, responding to103 Job offer, thinking about103 Job opportunities for mathematicians106 Job search, helping yourself100 Jobs are mainly for young people105 Journal, keeping a64 Keeping your research alive126 Lack of representation50 Learning as a non-formalized process36 Learning without exams36 Learning without going to class36 Leave, Dean’s control of121 Leave, paid121 Leaves of absence79 Leaving graduate school prematurely78 Letter of acceptance of job offer103104 Letters addressing mathematical attributes22 Letters for a job application98 Letters from mathematicians22 Letters from outside your department100 Letters in your tenure dossier115 Letters of recommendation1017 Letters of recommendation, asking for22 Letters of recommendation, forged22 Letters of recommendation, making sure they are written22 Letters of recommendation, number of2123 Letters of recommendation, reminding the writers22 Letters of recommendation, three21 Letters of recommendation, three needed99 Letters of recommendation, who from21 Letters, getting good ones for job application100 Life of a mathematician133 Lifelong friends from graduate school133 Loan, getting a75 Loan, paying off a75 Loans from the university79 Los Alamos107 MacArthur Prize winners81 Major Oral55 Majors leading to graduate school9 Manifold theory10 Master’s Degree as entry level132 Master’s Degree as tarnished degree133 Master’s Degree vs. Ph.D.132 Master’sDegree132 Math department composition at a four-year teaching college203 Math department composition at a junior college201 Math department composition at a large state university202 Math department composition at an elite private university204 Mathematical Association of America47 Mathematical growth in a new direction94 Mathematical logic programs18 Mathematical physics11 Mathematical writing66 Mathematicians can only teach105 Mathematicians on the job market98 Mathematics as a competitive profession81 Mathematics of finance11 Mathematics that you need to know137 Medical research107 Member dues for the union50 Mental inertia65 Mentoring36 Microsoft106 Mini-tenure-review115 Minor Oral55 Mitre Corporation106 Moore Instructorships96 Moral turpitude88 Most Ph.D.’s never do any additional research133 Most Ph.D.’s stick to their thesis area133 Multiple thesis advisors57 National Aeronautics and Space Administration108 National Security Agency106 Native American Students25 Navy107 Nervous breakdown, having one44 NeXT116 Nine-month contract123 Non tenure-track positions96 Non-mathematical courses and job prospects35 Non-mathematical courses, taking of35 Nonacademic jobs9598 Normal progress3 Notes, keeping good64 Numerical analysis10 Oak Ridge107 Old qualifying exams, studying from40 Openness in mathematical practice88 Oral communication36 Organized labor among graduate students50 Orientation procedures3 Other sources of income123 Outside committee members70 Outside jobs75 Outside jobs, regulations against76 Paper based on thesis93 Paper based on thesis, co-authored with advisor94 Passion for your subject area53 Passion for your thesis problem53 Peirce Instructorships96 Penn State Room128 Pharmacokinetics107 Postdoc positions96 Preparation for graduate school15 Preparation for graduate school, necessary conditions15 Preparation for graduate school, sufficient conditions16 Priority disputes with thesis advisor63 Professional societies47 Professors198 Professors as thesis advisors58 Programmatic diversity25 Programs that admit more students than they can graduate19 Project NExT116 Promotion before tenure129 Promotion of faculty128 Promotion to Professor, strict criteria for129 Prospective students, interviewing of26 Provost192 Publication record127 Publication record, importance of at four-year colleges and comprehensive Universities128 Publication record, importance of at research university127 Publish or perish127 Publishing while an undergraduate13 Putnam Exam14 Putnam Exam mentality14 Qual course, work required37 Qualifying exam graded on a curve83 Qualifying exam graded on an absolute scale83 Qualifying exams39 Qualifying exams at Penn State34 Qualifying exams, Byzantine structure34 Qualifying exams, cheating on86 Qualifying exams, courses to prepare for34 Qualifying exams, critical thinking skills for40 Qualifying exams, deferring41 Qualifying exams, failing40 Qualifying exams, flexible structure34 Qualifying exams, getting advice for34 Qualifying exams, getting excused from35 Qualifying exams, mental calisthenics for40 Qualifying exams, passing39 Qualifying exams, performance level required41 Qualifying exams, preparation for3435 Qualifying exams, quality of work on41 Qualifying exams, second try on41 Qualifying exams, standardized set of33 Qualifying exams, strict grading of42 Qualifying exams, studying for39 Qualifying exams, the nature of39
Qualifying exams, too hard34 Qualifying exams, too long34 Qualifying exams, typical questions on39 Qualifying exams, what you must know for40 Qualifying exams, when to complete33 Qualifying exams, when to take3340 Qualifying exams, where you stand35 Quality of job you can expect104 RA support for graduate students51 Rand Corporation106 Reading of the thesis70 Real analysis10 Real analysis, elements of138 Realistic schools20 Recitation sections vs. lectures48 Recitation sections, teaching of48 Records, keeping good65 Reform teaching99 Research as tenure criterion113 Research Assistant support for graduate students51 Research faculty58 Research universities, number of jobs at105 Respect for august faculty59 Reviewing for publishers123 Rules for writing the thesis69 Sabbatical, applying for120 Sabbaticals119 Sabbaticals at the University of California120 Sabbaticals only for tenure-track faculty120 Sabbaticals, competition for120 Safety schools20 Salary of a Professor122 Salary of a Research Instructor122 Salary of an Adjunct Instructor121 Salary of an Assistant Professor122 Salary of an Associate Professor122 Sanctity of your ideas63 Seminars126 Senior faculty mentor115 Sex with colleagues88 Sexual harassment88 Shields method for directing a thesis62 Silver Spoon College11 Smoking gun for promotion to Professor129 Social Security Administration108 Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics47 Solicitation of tenure letters115 Solving thesis problem, nonlinear path to64 Solving your original thesis problem61 Specializing so that you can finish79 Sputnik era4118 St. Olaf College12 Staff keeps the Department going195 Statistician11 Stealing of your ideas63 Stochastic processes11 Student voice50 Summer research grants123 Survival after denial of tenure130 Sylvania106 Synthesis of mathematical areas137166 Systems analysis107 TA duties548 TA training49 Taking courses in different fields167 Talk to people18 Talking about your problem, the value of65 Talking to other faculty besides the thesis advisor56 Talking to people36 Talking to your thesis advisor85 Teaching Assistant3 Teaching Assistant duties48 Teaching Center49 Teaching dossier9599 Teaching duties26 Teaching duties, taking them seriously48 Teaching experience and looking for a job26 Teaching load117 Teaching loads at elite private universities119 Teaching loads at four-year teaching colleges119 Teaching loads at junior colleges118 Teaching loads at large state universities118 Teaching seminar49 Teaching Statement98 Teaching statistics99 Teaching with computers99 Tenure appeals95 Tenure document128 Tenure in Florida128 Tenure in Georgia129 Tenure is for life96 Tenure process95 Tenure track96 Tenure, Board of Trustees adjudication of95 Tenure, Chancellor’s adjudication of95 Tenure, Dean’s adjudication of95 Tenure, departmental adjudication of95 Tenure, meaning of95 Tenure, Provost’s adjudication of95 Tenure-track job, interview required for101 Tenure-track positions, fresh Ph.D.’s not qualified for96 Tenure-track positions, qualifications for96 Texas Instruments106 Thesis advisor4 Thesis advisor and thesis problem53 Thesis advisor at another university24 Thesis advisor steers you to a problem57 Thesis advisor that does not work out56 Thesis advisor with several graduate students84 Thesis advisor, choosing53 Thesis advisor, collaboration with94 Thesis advisor, comfortable relationship with62 Thesis advisor, getting advice from62 Thesis advisor, getting consolation from63 Thesis advisor, getting fired by85 Thesis advisor, getting help from62 Thesis advisor, how to get in trouble with85 Thesis advisor, no appointments with61 Thesis advisor, personal relationship with62 Thesis advisor, prepare to talk to62 Thesis advisor, regular appointments with61 Thesis advisor, what to call59 Thesis advisor, your relationship with61 Thesis advisors who are "nice guys54 Thesis committee70 Thesis committee, composition of70 Thesis defense70 Thesis defense proceedings71 Thesis defense, failing72 Thesis defense, Swedish method72 Thesis problem, adjusting conclusions77 Thesis problem, adjusting hypotheses77 Thesis problem, adjusting so you can solve76 Thesis problem, blockage on64 Thesis problem, cannot solve76 Thesis problem, changing61 Thesis problem, finding59 Thesis problem, frustration with64 Thesis problem, how to work on63 Thesis problem, how you know when you have solved it78 Thesis problem, not in a book63 Thesis problem, not solving your first61 Thesis problem, solving60 Thesis problem, solving by increments64 Thesis problem, stuck on76 Thesis problem, working by experimentation64 Thesis to be submitted in hard-copy70 Thesis, all arguments complete66 Thesis, cheating on87 Thesis, dishonesty with87
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