Homework and Policies
Assignments will be added here as they are released. Until then, this page summarizes the standing homework and course policies from the Spring 2026 syllabus.
Homework
Homework sets will be posted, submitted, and graded on Gradescope through the Canvas course portal. Each week’s assignment will be posted at the beginning of the week.
| Policy | Details |
|---|---|
| Deadline | Tuesday at 11:59 PM in the following week |
| Late work | No late submissions are accepted |
| Lowest score | Your lowest homework set score will be dropped |
Honor Principle
We will strictly enforce Dartmouth’s Academic Honor Principle.
- On exams: giving and/or receiving assistance during an examination violates the Academic Honor Principle.
- On homework: collaboration is permitted and encouraged, but it is a violation of the honor code for someone to provide the answers for you.
Generative AI
You are welcome to utilize tools such as chatbots to assist with your learning (e.g., see the new AI Dartmouth webpage at https://ai.dartmouth.edu/). AI-based assistance, such as ChatGPT and Github Copilot, will be treated the same way as collaboration with other people: you are welcome to talk about your ideas and work with other people, both inside and outside the class, as well as with AI-based assistants. However, all work you submit must be your own. You should never include in your assignments anything that was not written directly by you. Including anything you did not write in your assignment without proper citation will be treated as academic misconduct. An exception we will make for this class are “convenience code snippets” that accomplish simple tasks not particularly relevant to the material, e.g., asking ChatGPT to produce matplotlib code for a certain plot you have in mind. To help avoid misconduct, we request that you refrain from directly asking AI questions from the problem sets.
We will also offer the following advice: chatbots are best used for gaining a cursory understanding of new material and discovering new references, but may actually be an obstacle to your learning if relied on too heavily when trying to get a deeper understanding. In mathematics, it is particularly easy to trick yourself into thinking you understand concepts just by reading them — much of the real learning happens when you try to tackle questions about concepts using your own understanding. If you leave the second part to chatbots, then you will miss out on deepening your own understanding.
Grading
There are four components in the course grade:
- Homework: 20%
- Midterm 1: 25%
- Midterm 2: 25%
- Final exam: 30%
If your final exam score is higher than your lower midterm exam score, the final exam score may replace that lower midterm score.
Disabilities
Students with learning, physical, or psychiatric disabilities who may need accommodations are encouraged to meet with an instructor before the end of the second week of the term. Discussions will remain confidential, although Student Accessibility Services may be consulted to discuss implementation details.
Please provide a copy of your disability registration form from Student Accessibility Services within the Academic Skills Center. The contact listed in the syllabus is Ward Newmeyer, Director of Student Accessibility Services, 205 Collis Center, (603) 646-9900.
Student Religious Observances
If you have a religious observance that conflicts with your participation in the course, please speak with an instructor before the end of the second week of the term so that appropriate accommodations can be arranged.