Homework assignments

There will be approximately 5 homework assignments, and the following due dates are tentative. For the exact due dates always check out the assignments themselves.

Assignment 1, due Tuesday, February 7.

Assignment 2, due Thursday, February 23.

Assignment 3, due Thursday, March 9.

Assignment 4, due Thursday, April 6.

Assignment 5, due Thursday, April 20.
• Star coloring in the book is a different notion from star coloring in the lecture notes. Use the definition in the lecture notes.

• Doing the assigned homework regularly, seriously, and carefully is vital to your success in this course. Although your homework is lightly weighted, you should keep in mind that you can only learn mathematics by doing problems. This will be crucial for your exam performance.
• Homework will be assigned on Thursday and usually be due on Thursday two weeks later.
• No late homeworks will be accepted.
• IMPORTANT: If you use ANY outside help on an assignment, then you must acknowledge this. For example if you talk to anybody but me about the assignment write down the name and problem number. Similarly if you used the internet, computer programs or books other than the textbook. Failure to acknowledge using the work of somebody else is plagiarism and will not be tolerated.
• If you use a theorem that was not proven in class in the solution of a problem, then you must include the proper statement of the theorem, source where you found it as well as a complete proof of the theorem and proofs of any auxiliary results needed in its proof. Should you ever find yourself in this situation, then you may be on the wrong path and should consult me.
• Let me know if you have problems with the downloading.
• On the screen pdf files may show poorly, but if you print them out, it should be quite legible.
• Every assignment will consist of 6 problems. You need to do any 5 problems to receive full credit. If you do all 6 problems then only the first 5 problems will be counted.
• Every problem is worth 4 points, so that the max number of points per assignment is 20 (without extra credit).
• Please STAPLE your homework and write NEATLY. If one of the pages of your assignment gets lost, or I can't read something it's YOUR problem.