- The homework you hand in must be neat, and must be written in pen (not pencil!). Work everything out on scrap paper first, rewrite the solutions carefully on clean sheets of 8.5" x 11" paper leaving enough space for me to write comments, and staple the sheets together. Do not attach your sheets of paper simply by folding and/or tearing the corners. I won't grade homework that is messy, that looks like it has been erased and written over, that has shreds of paper dangling from it (for example, from being ripped out of a spiral-bound notebook), or that comes apart when I turn pages.
- You are not allowed to consult other textbooks, old solution handouts, etc. You should first try all the problems on your own. After trying all the problems, you may brainstorm with other students in the class for general ideas, but you may not work out the problems together. You are also not permitted to split the workload with other students (e.g. you may not get together in a group and have each person work out only a few of the problems). It's okay to go through the non-hand-in problems with a tutor, but you're not allowed to consult a tutor (or anyone else outside the class with mathematical expertise) for the hand-in problems. Remember that all students at UF are governed by the Student Honor Code. If I suspect your homework is not your own work, I may give you an oral exam on the homework questions.
- Homework will be collected at the beginning of the period on the day that it's due, and must be completed and stapled together before the start of the class period.
Typos in solution handout: (i) In solution to p. 132/#2, all references to an index i or i1 should be j or j1, respectively. (ii) In solution to p. 132/#9, 2nd line, absolute-value signs that should be around one of the f's are missing; the middle of the line should read "it is easily seen that | f | = f++ f-."
Note: Any student who fails to attend class regularly, and whose proofs (i) are unnecessarily long because he is unaware that various results were proven in class that would shorten his arguments, or (ii) require excessive effort on my part to determine correctness, forfeits the right to have me spend time grading his work. In such instances, the student should expect a grade no higher than 1 on a 5-point problem, regardless of whether he thinks his proof is correct. Any student who fails regularly to attend class forfeits the right to any of my time in office hours, and to any explanation from me as to why points were taken off on work handed in. Any student who has frequently missed class is advised to re-read the "Attendance" portion of the syllabus, and should familiarize himself with the University of Florida Attendance Policies, which contains the following paragraph:The university recognizes the right of the individual professor to make attendance mandatory. After due warning, professors may prohibit further attendance and subsequently assign a failing grade for excessive absences.Currently I have no plans to fail a student for non-attendance if the work he hands in is satisfactory, but if I cannot quickly and easily determine the correctness of such a student's work, I will grade only that portion of the work that I can quickly and easily evaluate, counting the rest of the work as if it had not been done at all. I will have no tolerance for any such student's feeling of entitlement to an A or any other grade, regardless of how good he is at mathematics.
While you are taking the exam, check this webpage occasionally. If there are any changes I need to make (e.g. if mistakes are discovered), I'll post them here.