Analytical Work Must Be Done in L^ATEX

Most of the Homework problems will be mathematical in nature. It is REQUIRED that you write these up in the L^ATEXword processing package.

L^ATEXis widely used in engineering and the physical sciences. And did you know that L^ATEXis used as the math typesetting vehicle in Wikipedia? This is a valuable skill for you to pick up.

You can learn enough L^ATEXfor this course in just 15 minutes; start at http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/~matloff/latex.html. Also, keep in mind that the .tex source files for our textbook are located in the PLN/ directory of our course Web site; if you see something in the book that you wish to see the L^ATEXcode for, just look in the .tex file and make correspondences with the .pdf file.

Submit BOTH your .tex source file AND your .pdf file with your Homework.

You are urged NOT to appoint one of your group members as the ``designated L^ATEXwriter.'' EVERYONE in the group should become familiar with the system. There have been huge problems in the past in which group members made changes that resulted in loss of important text, due to L^ATEXerrors on the part of members not familiar with the system.

It is expected that you do a professional job on your writeups. It should look clean and organized. You should explain your steps in prose; don't just write a bunch of equations without explanation. Use professional notation. For instance, the use of * for multiplication should be limited to program code--i.e. it should NOT be used in equations, as it is not math notation. Use juxtaposition (e.g. $xy$) or the L^ATEX\cdot (e.g. $x \cdot y$) instead.