I'm applying as a graduating senior, and I am creating my project and methods. Since I'm proposing to create an innovative computational package for my discipline, but I don't have all the skills to sit down and "do it" yet (that's the point of this, right? we have the program of study for a reason), I am sort of pulling together my justification for need of HPC and maths from papers to be as specific as I can.
Is it typical to provide citations here? I would feel a lot more at ease if I could refer to the papers I use. I'm thinking of citing papers mid-text in the 2500 character prompts, and then including the bibliography in the "Additional Comments".
Is this crazy or a good idea?