There will be two different types of homework assignments:

• Problem Sets will be due on most Mondays and Fridays. They will contain a mixture of computational exercises, explanations, and short proofs.
• Written Assignments will be due on most Wednesdays, and will also be posted to the course webpage. These problems are more theoretical, and will require significant explanation. Your solutions should consist of careful arguments written in complete sentences (augmented by mathematical symbolism where appropriate). A major goal of these problems is to teach the fundamentals of mathematical language and mathematical inferences, along with proper use of terminology and notation. As a result, they will be graded at a high standard involving much more than getting the "correct answer". Take the time to write and revise these as you would in a paper in other courses.

Policies for all homework assignments:

• Homework assignments and solutions will be posted to the course webpage.
• Please take the time to write your solutions neatly and carefully! All homework assignments consisting of more than one page must be stapled.
• Homework is due at the beginning of class (i.e. at 9:00am). If you are late for class, but turn an assignment in when you enter, your homework will be subject to a 10% penalty.
• Unless you have a serious emergency that you bring to my attention before a homework assignment is due, late homework will not be accepted for credit.
• Your lowest two Problem Set scores and your lowest Written Assignment score will be dropped.

If you enjoy working in groups, I strongly encourage you to work with others in the class to solve the homework problems. If you do collaborative work or receive help form somebody in the course, you must acknowledge this on the corresponding problem(s). Writing "I worked with Sam on this problem" or "Mary helped me with this problem" suffices. You may ask students outside the course for help, but you need to make sure they understand the academic honesty policies for the course and you need to cite their assistance as well. Failing to acknowledge such collaboration or assistance is a violation of academic honesty.

If you work with others, your homework must be written up independently in your own words. You can not write a communal solution and all copy it down. You can not read one person's solution and alter it slightly in notation/exposition. Discussing ideas and/or writing parts of computations together on whiteboards or scratch paper is perfectly fine, but you need to take those ideas and write the problem up on your own. Under no circumstances can you look at another student's completed written work.

You may look at other sources, but you must cite other books or online sources if they provide you with an idea that helps you solve a problem. However, you may not specifically look for solutions to homework problems, and you may not solicit help for homework problems from online forums.