jdavis/latex-homework-template

🎓📄 The LaTeX file that I used as the base for all my homework in university.

latex-homework-template

The LaTeX file that I use as the base for all my homeworks in university. You should follow me on Twitter.

Features

Here are just a few features of this homework template.

1. Title page.
2. Problem markers.
3. Configurable problem numbers (see the last 3 problems for an example).
4. Some commonly used math macros.

Screenshots

The Cover Page:

Big Oh Example Problem:

Automata & Pseudocode Problems:

Statistics Problem:

Proof Problem:

Adjustable Problem Numbers

Installing

1. First you'll need LaTeX. Instructions on obtaining it can be found here: http://latex-project.org/ftp.html

2. Compiling from the command line will look like the following:

   $ latexmk homework.tex

3. Or you can use TeXShop or a similar native client to typeset the LaTeX file.

Credit

When first starting with LaTeX, I came across this template and used it as a base for starting my template. As you can see, it is pretty similar.

License

This code is distributed under the MIT license. For more info, read the LICENSE file distributed with the source code.

latex-homework-template's Issues

A

Latex Compiling Error

I realize this is probably me setting it up wrong, but when I try and run: latexmk homework.tex it stops and says:

[2]
Underfull \hbox (badness 10000) in paragraph at lines 217--220



! LaTeX Error: Unknown float option `e'.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...                                              
                                                  
l.225     \begin{figure}[here]

I'm relatively new to LaTeX, but I really hope to begin using it. What am I missing here?

P

Adjustable problem numbers don't affect header until the second page

Hey,

One of my professors likes to number his problems as if the homework was really one giant homework, instead of multiple weekly assignments. As in, problem 1 on homework 2 is really problem 7 for example.

I noticed that the header still says problem 1 on the first page instead of problem x, though the problem numbers are correct from the second page onwards.

It's not a biggie, but hopefully, it can be fixed soon :)

A

add more than one name

I would like to be able to add more than one name in authors for teamed assignements.

Put dependancies in readme

The latex will not compile without the texlive-science package, and possibly some others. Can you put the dependencies in the readme to avoid extra time spent troubleshooting?

Remove PDF from version control

What's the goal of having the compiled .pdf file under version control?

Decimal argument for Problem numbers.

First off, this template looks very neat, good job!

Question: from what I understood in your LaTeX code, the section count automatically increments. The counter is used for the numbering, but it is also possible to specify the number by argument when beginning a new problem. How hard would it be to enable this:

\begin{homeworkProblem}[2.2] % I AM STARTING PROBLEM 2.2 !!!
    Give an appropriate positive constant \(c\) such that \(f(n) \leq c \cdot
    ....
\end{homeworkProblem}