Homework Typesetting and Grading

Typesetting

Students are not required to type their homework solutions. However, solutions are required to be legible, and typesetting is one way to ensure that they are easy to read.

LaTeX is the standard tool for typesetting mathematical materials. While it takes some time to learn, it will likely pay for itself in the long run. LaTeX math notation is also supported in some places outside of LaTeX documents, such as on the message board.

A former CSE 311 instructor, Adam Blank, has provided these documents, which may be useful:

• A template LaTeX file to use for CSE 311 homework assigments.
• A tutorial on LaTeX, including specific information on how to use the template.

Note that LaTeX does not need to be installed on a local computer. It can be used in a web browser at the Overleaf website. Overleaf has documentation that may be useful when learning LaTeX.

Grading

In addition to grading for correctness, we will evaluate work using these guiding principles:

• Legibility. Students may lose points for solutions that are not legible. We cannot award points for solutions that we cannot easily read. Please consider typesetting if legibility is a concern.
• Clarity. Submitted work should be mathematically formal and clear. Recall that a proof is seldom strictly right or wrong; the reader must be convinced of its correctness.
• Style. Student work must adhere to the style guidelines outlined in lecture and section.

Students may submit a regrade request on individual problems after we release feedback. Regrades will be open for a week.

We will not debate the amount of points deducted for mistakes. Those are entirely at the discretion of the course staff.