Late Papers
     Homework is due at the beginning of the indicated class meeting. Late papers submitted before 4:00 on the due date will be assessed a 25% penalty. Papers will not be accepted after 4:00 on the due date.

Style
     Homework papers should be neat, organized, and clearly presented. There should be no need for arrows on the page directing the reader's attention from one section to another. Rather, problems should be logically laid out with appropriate connecting prose and sufficient space so that they are easily readable. Equality signs should only link quantities, which are, in fact, equal and, when quantities are equal, this fact should be clearly indicated. Multiple pages should include your name at the top of each page and should be stapled together. Assignments not meeting these standards will have their scores reduced or will be returned ungraded at the grader's discretion.

    Answers to application problems should always be interpreted in terms of the original question.

    Many exercises will ask why something is true or will ask you to show that a result is true. Your explaination is the most important part of these problems. But even for other exercises, you should pay attention to the issue of communication -- explain what you are doing and its significance. This is an important part of any exercise.

Collaboration
    Collaboration on homework is expected and encouraged. Students having difficulty will find answers to some of their questions by working in a group and better students will have the concepts solidified by explaining them to others. Make sure, however, that all members of your group participate, that everyone understands each problem by the time that you are finished, and that all students write up the problem in their own words. It is a great disservice when a weaker student is allowed to be a passive observer to the problem solving process. You cannot learn mathematics by watching others solve problems any more than you can learn to swim by watching others do laps. There will be no reduction in score due to working with others provided the following guidelines are adhered to:

• All students in the group understand the solution and are not merely copying solutions. Each solutions should be in that student's own words.
• All collaboration is credited. This will generally take the form of a note at the end of a solution like "the solutions were compared with that of John Martin for verification" or "this solution was developed in collaboration with Jane Smith and Samantha Jones."

If you did not work with anyone, you should include a statement indicating that this is solely your own work.