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Dear Sir or Madam,\\
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I would like to begin work with Professor Jon Tonry on a UROP in the Department of Physics.  I intend to do this UROP for 6 units of credit under the supervision of the Physics Department.
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I have spoken to Dr. Tonry a number of times regarding the work I would be involved with in doing a UROP with him.  Additionally I have begun actual work on the beginning of the project.  The project I would be involved with initially involves writing of a dithering algorithm for viewing of grayscale astronomical images in monochrome.  This algorithm will attempt to avoid some of the image inaccuracies that are produced by normal dithering algorithms.
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Depending on how long it takes to get the dithering algorithm working and applied, I may proceed into other related work.
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I am very much looking forward to work on this project and anticipate learning a lot and enjoying working on the project very much.
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\hspace{3in}Matthew Gray
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