Communicating 数学 Through 首页work

Learning mathematics at Harvey Mudd College involves learning how to communicate your ideas effectively. As a student, much of this communication will be in the form of homework. 因此, so that we may provide you with meaningful and worthwhile feedback, it is important that you put your homework in an easy to read, 易于导航的格式. 毕竟, how you present your work should enhance the ideas you are trying to communicate, 不要阻碍他们.

建议作业格式

带着这个目标, the following are some suggestions for submitting homework in your mathematics courses:

  • 你的笔迹应该清晰可辨.
  • 首页work with multiple pages should be stapled in the upper left-hand corner.
  • In the upper right-hand corner you should write (in this order)
    • 你的名字
    • 你的班级和小组号
    • 作业集编号
    • 作业的截止日期
  • Problems should be clearly labeled and numbered on the left side of the page. There should also be a visible separation between 问题s.
  • Each 解决方案 should begin with the original 问题 状态ment.
  • You should leave the top left margin and the entire left margin blank so that graders may use this space for scoring and comments.
  • To ensure that each 问题 is graded, 问题s should be written in the order they are assigned.
  • It is good practice to first work out the 解决方案s to homework 问题s on scratch paper, to then neatly write up your 解决方案s. This will help you to turn in a clean finished product.
  • Some classes allow you to work jointly on assignments. You should write up your 解决方案s by yourself, unless you are specifically told otherwise by your instructor. Also, you should always acknowledge any help received, at the top of the assignment or in the margin.

Using LaTeX to Format Your 首页work

The department provides a LaTeX class file and supporting templates and instructions that you can use to format your homework. 通过使用类, you can have all the power of LaTeX for typesetting your mathematical expressions and 特克斯tual answers as well, with none of the hassles that come with Word, none of the worries that come with writing your 解决方案s by hand!

The class, templates, documentation are maintained on our GitHub页面，标记为 Harvey Mudd College Problem Set Class (LaTeX).

利用家庭作业课

hmcpset.cls is the class file, which must be located in your working directory for the document to compile.

首页work assignments using the class should

  • 设定你的名字, 类名的名称, 分配号码, the due date in the preamble of your document (before the开始\{文档}命令)，使用\名字,\类,\赋值,\ duedate命令. This information will automatically be placed in the upper-right corner of your typeset document.
  • Specify a list of the 问题s in the assignment using the\ 问题listcommand. This command should be placed immediately after开始\{文档}.
  • 将问题语句放入问题environments, which enclose the 特克斯t in the environment in a clearly visible box.
  • 将问题的解决方案放在解决方案environments directly following the 问题s.

The distribution includes a template file, hw-template.特克斯, that you can use as a base to create new documents. 这里还有一个示例文档， hw-example.特克斯, which illustrates the proper use of the class file and its various 命令 and environments. (你可以下载一个 PDF版本 to see what the example homework document should look like when typeset.)

hw-faq.特克斯 is a small example file that addresses some frequent concerns and questions about the use of LaTeX. It also contains some links to other LaTeX resources. 与样本分配一样，a PDF版本 是可用的.