Homework

There will be three homework assignemnts, each consisting of several problems to solve. The homework schedule and homework assignments (and possibly solutions) will be posted below.

Number Due Date Questions Solutions
1 Oct 11 .pdf | .tex .pdf
2a Nov 22 .pdf | .tex
2b Nov 22 .pdf | .tex
3 Dec 18 .pdf | .tex

LaTeX

A great way to write mathematics electronically is to use LaTeX. LaTeX is widely used for the publication of scientific documents in many fields, including mathematics, physics, computer science and engineering. Some good resources for getting started with LaTeX are

The homework assignments, solutions, midterms, and finals for this course are all written in LaTeX, and I will post the LaTeX files for all homework assignments throughout the term.

For preparing LaTeX documents, I use the command line editor vim, along with vim-LaTeX, and a PDF-viewer that automatically updates when the pdf file changes (e.g., Skim on Mac, or Evince in Linux). I have used this setup on both Mac OSX and Linux operating systems. Beware that while vim is a powerful text editor, it has a very steep learning curve.