The following are suggestions regarding the preparation of your homework assignments. On each Homework:

1. PRINT your name (in bold readable print) on every page. Staple pages together, and make sure to include the homework assignment number. Each solution on a given homework writeup should also clearly indicate which problem it is the solution for. Please provide your solutions in the same order as assigned. BE LEGIBLE!
2. Lack of clarity will be penalized, even if the answer is correct.
3. If you cannot solve a problem but you have an idea, do not hand in bull--. Rather, indicate how far you got and explain what your ideas are (do not forsake the god of partial credit).
4. In any complicated construction indicate what you are doing and why you think it works, REGARDLESS of the wording of the problem. As a good guideline, ask yourself, ``If someone else read this would they understand it.''

   e.g.
   Problem: Show that the following languages are context free by exhibiting a grammar that generates them.
         Just putting a grammar down without any explanation will NOT suffice.

5. Do not use a theorem to prove that theorem.

   e.g.
   Problem: Prove that the sum of the squares of the legs of a right triangle equals the square of the hypotenuse.
         Proof: True by the pythagorean theorem.

6. Use only theorems in the assigned reading to solve a problem. This is because the problem may be a special case of an advanced theorem, but the intention of the assignment is that you work out the special case.
7. If you quote a previous homework or exam question, make it clear that you understand the previous problem.
8. Remember that the homework represents a very large portion of your grade. Doing well on the exams (particularly the final) while not doing much of the homework does not a satisfying grade make.