Homework

Homework problems are assigned for Recitation sessions that occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays. See the calendar. Sometimes, following an exam, there will be no Recitation session scheduled.

The purpose of the homework assignments is for you to convince yourself that you understand the assigned reading material at an appropriate level. Homeworks are not necessarily representative of what might appear on the hour-exams. The homeworks are neither graded nor collected with one exception. One problem, selected in advance, will be collected and graded. (It is indicated each time by bold red below.) It will not be accepted late. However, going to Recitation sessions to merely "listen" to course assistants work through the solutions is a very unsatisfactory way of approaching homework problems. If you do not at the very least try to do them first, you will have no idea of where it is you might have difficulty when a collection of exam questions must be answered. The homework problems are actually a quite effective way of testing yourself on how much of the basic material you understand. You should simulate the testing experience by trying problems yourself. One each exam, at least one of the graded homework problems will be the basis of a question.