Note:This homework will not be handed in, and you will not receive a grade on it. However, you are required to do the homework on your (solving the problems, and writing down the solution) in order to prepare for the first quiz on Jan 28th. Reading the problems and mentally solving them is not enough: writing the solutions is an important part of the homework, as the grades you will receive on the quizzes and final exam will be based both on the correctess of your solution and clarity of presentation.
The following excercises and problems correspond to the part of the program covered in the first quiz. You should start working on the homework, problem by problem, as soon as we covered the relevant sections from the textbook. Problems marked with a * are problems you can solve based on the material already covered in class.
All the following exercises and problems are from the textbook.