LaTeX homework template for Weekly Homework assignments for Dana Ernst's courses.

HWTemplate.tex

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}
 
\usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} 
\usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,amssymb}
 
\newcommand{\N}{\mathbb{N}}
\newcommand{\Z}{\mathbb{Z}}
 
\newenvironment{theorem}[2][Theorem]{\begin{trivlist}
\item[\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #1}\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #2.}]}{\end{trivlist}}
\newenvironment{lemma}[2][Lemma]{\begin{trivlist}
\item[\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #1}\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #2.}]}{\end{trivlist}}
\newenvironment{exercise}[2][Exercise]{\begin{trivlist}
\item[\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #1}\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #2.}]}{\end{trivlist}}
\newenvironment{problem}[2][Problem]{\begin{trivlist}
\item[\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #1}\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #2.}]}{\end{trivlist}}
\newenvironment{question}[2][Question]{\begin{trivlist}
\item[\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #1}\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #2.}]}{\end{trivlist}}
\newenvironment{corollary}[2][Corollary]{\begin{trivlist}
\item[\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #1}\hskip \labelsep {\bfseries #2.}]}{\end{trivlist}}
 
\begin{document}
 
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\title{Weekly Homework X}%replace X with the appropriate number
\author{Tony Stark\\ %replace with your name
Foundations of Mathematics} %if necessary, replace with your course title
 
\maketitle
 
\begin{theorem}{x.yz} %You can use theorem, exercise, problem, or question here.  Modify x.yz to be whatever number you are proving
Delete this text and write theorem statement here.
\end{theorem}
 
\begin{proof}
Blah, blah, blah.  Here is an example of the \texttt{align} environment:
%Note 1: The * tells LaTeX not to number the lines.  If you remove the *, be sure to remove it below, too.
%Note 2: Inside the align environment, you do not want to use $-signs.  The reason for this is that this is already a math environment. This is why we have to include \text{} around any text inside the align environment.
\begin{align*}
\sum_{i=1}^{k+1}i & = \left(\sum_{i=1}^{k}i\right) +(k+1)\\ 
& = \frac{k(k+1)}{2}+k+1 & (\text{by inductive hypothesis})\\
& = \frac{k(k+1)+2(k+1)}{2}\\
& = \frac{(k+1)(k+2)}{2}\\
& = \frac{(k+1)((k+1)+1)}{2}.
\end{align*}
\end{proof}
 
\begin{theorem}{x.yz}
Let $n\in \Z$.  Then yada yada.
\end{theorem}
 
\begin{proof}
Blah, blah, blah.  I'm so smart.
\end{proof}
 
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