Due: At the start of class on Friday, March 6.

Group project: This is a group project with each group having either three or four members. Once a group begins work on the project, its membership cannot change. Consequently establishing your group must be your first step in this project. Each group will submit one report, and all members of the group will receive the same grade for this project.

For this project you will determine your groups. However, if you would like my help organizing a group, please send me email immediately. I plan to send out lists of suggested partners over the weekend of February 21-22.

Project description: See Lab 2.4 on pages 229-231 of our text, but the choice of k₁ and k₂ is determined by the last digits of the BU ID numbers of the members of your group. Use k₁ = 12 + 0.1 a and k₂ = 5 - 0.05 a where a is the average (accurate to two decimal places) of the last digits of all members in the group. For example, if the last digits are 0, 1, 2, and 2, then a = 1.25, k₁ = 12.12, and k₂ = 4.94.

Your report: Your report should be no longer than four typewritten pages, and it should address all of the questions in the project description. You may provide as many illustrations from the computer as you wish, but the relevance of each illustration to your report must be evident. (Please remember that, although one good illustration may be worth 1000 words, 1000 illustrations are worth nothing.) Illustrations are part of the four-page limit. Please insert your illustrations at appropriate places in your report rather than attaching them to the end of the report. Examples of good reports done here at BU in previous semesters are available for inspection during my office hours, Anna's office hours, and discussion section.

Asking questions: Questions related to the project will be answered at the start of each lecture. Questions sent by email will also be answered at the start of each lecture. Questions sent by email after lecture on Wednesday, March 4 will not be answered. Consequently, you should not wait until the last minute to ask questions.

Academic Conduct: Your work and conduct in this course are governed by the CAS Academic Conduct Code. This code is designed to promote high standards of academic honesty and integrity as well as fairness. A copy of the code is available in CAS Room 105 if you cannot access it on the web, and it is your responsibility to know and follow the provisions of the code. In particular, all work that you submit in this course must be your original work. For example, you can only discuss your project with other members of your group, with Blanchard, or with Barry. Moreover, the computations that you do for your report as well as the text of your report must be original to your group. All group members are responsible for all aspects of the report. Any cases of suspected academic misconduct will be reported to the CAS Dean's Office.