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17 lines
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\chapwithtoc{Introduction}
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Introduction should answer the following questions, ideally in this order:
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item What is the nature of the problem the thesis is addressing?
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\item What is the common approach for solving that problem now?
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\item How this thesis approaches the problem?
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\item What are the results? Did something improve?
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\item What can the reader expect in the individual chapters of the thesis?
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\end{enumerate}
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Expected length of the introduction is between 1--4 pages. Longer introductions may require sub-sectioning with appropriate headings --- use \texttt{\textbackslash{}section*} to avoid numbering (with section names like `Motivation' and `Related work'), but try to avoid lengthy discussion of anything specific. Any ``real science'' (definitions, theorems, methods, data) should go into other chapters.
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\todo{You may notice that this paragraph briefly shows different ``types'' of `quotes' in TeX, and the usage difference between a hyphen (-), en-dash (--) and em-dash (---).}
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It is very advisable to skim through a book about scientific English writing before starting the thesis. I can recommend `\citetitle{glasman2010science}' by \citet{glasman2010science}.
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