Probability Theory - Math 170B/1 - Spring 08

Writing Assignments

Homework Rules

Subject to Change

HW 10 - Updated on 6/2/08 at 2pm (Due 6/6/2008)

HW 9 (Due 5/30/2008)

HW 8 (Due 5/23/2008)

HW 7 (Due 5/16/2008)

HW 6 - Hint to A 3. added. (Due Monday 5/12/2008)

HW 5.5 - With Hints. (Due Monday 5/5/2008)

HW 5 (Due Wednesday 4/30/2008)

HW 4 (Due 4/25/2008) HW 4 - With Hints.

HW 3 (Due 4/18/2008)

HW 2 (Due 4/11/2008)

HW 1 (Due 4/4/2008)

HW0 (Due at 11:59pm on 4/1/2007)

Administrative:
• Read and study the syllabus and acknowledge that for the remainder of this class, you will be responsible for its content, including all policies and dates about homework and exams, even if you do not do homework assignment 0.
• Read and acknowledge items 1. through 9. above.

  Academic:

• Do your first blog assignment, due 11:59pm, 2nd of April, 2008!

1. No late homework will be accepted under any circumstances.

2. You need to put the following information on top of each homework page:
   • Name
   • Class (Math 170B)

3. Homework must be stapled and legible.
   Clearly enumerate the problems and

   box

   or

   highlight

   your answer.

4. Assignments are to be turned in at the beginning of class and are considered semi-late if turned in between 9:10 and 9:50 on the day they are due.
   Semi-late assignments receive at most the six points for completeness (provided the assignment is complete, which is defined below in 6.), and none of the problems will be graded in detail.
   Assignments turned in after 9:50 the day they are due are considered late and hence are not accepted under any circumstances. Note that you can always turn in your assignment early.

5. Items printed in red below, are items that were changed or added.

6. Each homework assignment is worth 12 points (unless otherwise noted): six points are given for completeness (i.e. all problems have been worked out or at least attempted in earnest yields six points, one or more problems missing yields zero points) and three times two points are given for three problems (which are picked to be graded) worked out correctly.

7. The two lowest homework scores will be dropped.

8. It is crucial that you do the homework in a timely fashion, as it is essentially impossible to learn mathematics without doing a lot of problems. You may discuss homework problems with other students, the TA, or us in our respective office hours before they are turned in, as discussing problems verbally and not only thinking about them alone can be quite valuable. I do expect two things, though: (i) you should try seriously to do the exercise yourself before discussing it with anyone, and (ii) you should and in compliance with Academic Integrity rules, have to write up solutions yourself after understanding them thoroughly, without following someone else's written version. Otherwise, the homework does you no good. The point is not merely (or even primarily) to do a problem correctly, but rather to learn how to think precisely and creatively so you can go on to do more sophisticated things.

9. Homework will be returned in your discussion section. It is your responsibility to pick up your homework and report any discrepancies in the recorded score MyUCLA gradebook by the day of the final exam at the latest, by providing the relevant assignment.