Homework

All homework assignments will be due at 5pm CT on the course Canvas site. Please refer to the syllabus about deadline extensions. New homework questions will be posted here by midnight on the day the previous assignment is due. Solutions (except HW0) will be uploaded to the Canvas site after the grading is complete.

A note about submission

All assignments should be submitted on Canvas, which will redirect each submission to Gradescope for final submission. Each assignment requires two separate submissions, marked as (pdf) and (code):

• (pdf): Submit a single PDF of your writeup.
  • This document should be self-contained and include all solutions (text, figures, etc.).
  • If you complete the assignment in a Python notebook, please export it as a PDF.
  • In Gradescope, you will also be prompted to tag each question according to the outline—please do this so the grader can easily navigate your submission.
• (code): Submit all relevant coding files for the assignment. Any standard file format is acceptable.

A special note about the Optional Activities assignments: If you need to resubmit a second or third time, please use the same assignment link and submit a Regrade Request on Gradescope to notify the teaching staff.

A note about writing

If you read any textbook or scientific article, you will see that there is a standard way of writing mathematics, in which equations form part of full sentences and occur naturally with the flow of the text. While completely optional, you may wish to practice this in writing your assignments. In general, the solutions and notes posted here try to adhere to this standard.

One way to write mathematics like this is to make use of the free software package LATEX, which can produce very high quality scientific documents, and is used extensively by mathematicians, physicists, and engineers. There is an excellent guide, The Not So Short Introduction to LATEX2ε, which can be used to get started. The homework assignments and solutions are all written in LATEX.

A note about academic integrity

Students should carefully read the UW–Madison academic integrity policy in the course syllabus. Collaboration on homework assignments and discussion with other students is encouraged, but each student must write solutions in his/her/their own words, and not copy them from anyone else. You must list the names of students with whom you have collaborated.

In addition, you must cite any books, articles, websites, lectures, etc. that have helped you with your work using appropriate citation practices. Use of generative AI tools (such as ChatGPT, Copilot, etc.) is not allowed for the writeup and code. Please refer to the course syllabus for more details on this course's AI statement.