06-1350/Grades

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6	Oct 16	HW2, Tue(P), Thu(P)
7	Oct 23	Tue(P), Thu
8	Oct 30	HW3, Tue, Thu
9	Nov 6	Tue ( $\nu$ ), Thu
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11	Nov 20	HW4(P), Thu
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13	Dec 4	Syzygies in Asymptote, Final
	Jan 8	Grades
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Grading the Homework Assignments

I have graded the homework assignments very loosely and without too much attention to detail, on a scale from 0 to 100.

In HW1, each of the 4 questions was worth 25 points and the "hard and not mandatory" part of problem 1 was worth up to 20 "bonus" points.
In HW2, the first two questions were worth 30 points each and the third was worth 40 points.
In HW3 each part was worth approximately 20 points, but I graded the whole assignment as one unit without giving grades to the individual parts.
For HW4 the scale was:

Grade	Meaning
100	significant mathematical contribution
95	some mathematical contribution
90	cosmetic contribution
85	assignment submitted

I have used the following key in grading the final exam:

Question Grade	Total Grade	Meaning
34	102	Your essay(s) is/are worthy of publication (very rare)
32	96	Your essay(s) is/are worthy of weblication (rare)
30	90	Your essay(s) indicated solid understanding of the material, but there is no reason for anyone other than you and me to read them (most common)
28	84	Your essay(s) indicated some understanding of the material, but also some gaps
26	78	You've studied for the exam and thought about the material, but not enough

The good deeds were public and so are the points awarded to them. (Note that work internal to HW4 is given credit under homework, not here).

Name	User id	Deed or deeds	All wiki contributions	Points
Zavosh Amir-Khosravi	Zak	Fixed one typo.	show	1
Omar Antolin Camarena	Omar	Proved that the obstruction group related to the construction of $e^{x}$ vanishes (but did not write his proof!).	show	10 {{06-1350/Good Deeds\|points=0\|uid=Jana\|name=Jana Archibald\|deeds=