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\begin{block}{Outline}
Here I describe an overview of what my project was about.
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\begin{block}{Background}
Here I describe what problem I am trying to solve and why.
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\begin{block}{Formulation}
Some equations to solve:
\begin{equation*}
a^n + b^n = c^n\;n \geqslant 3
\end{equation*}
For more fancy equations, see \cite{TeXBook}.
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\begin{block}{Method}
I used the sieve of Erastothenes, based on the axiom of choice. Since
I needed to check an infinite number of possible integer triples, I
decided to parallelise the method in order to reduce the time
required.\par
This was done using NVIDIA's CUDA language.
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\begin{block}{My results}
The following graph shows my coffee intake over the year:\\
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Thanks to my sponsor, my supervisor, and to other students for
fruitful discussions and caffeine.
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