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\centerline{\bf HW 00 CMSC 452}
\centerline{\bf Morally Due Jan 30 3:30PM. Dead-Cat Due Feb 2 at 3:30PM} 

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{\bf Course Website}

\url{https://www.cs.umd.edu/~gasarch/COURSES/452/S24/index.html}

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(50 points- 5 points each) READ the Syllabus before doing this problem. 
You may also need to look at the slides from Jan 25. 
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Give an optional topic (not on the syllabus CONTENT part) that you would like me to cover. 
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When is the Midterm?
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What is {\it the dead-cat policy}?
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Why is is called {\it the dead-cat policy}? 
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When are Adams's Office Hours?
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When are Isaac's Office Hours?
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Where are the TAs office hours?
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When are Bill's Office Hours? 
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Where are Bill's Office Hours? 
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Name all of the ways you can communicate with Adam, Isaac, and Bill.
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(0 points but do it anyway. This is the most important problem on this HW!)
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(0 points)
Learn LaTeX and write some simple documents in it. 
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(0 points) 
Learn the package tikz that you can use to draw pictures in LaTeX. 
Draw a simple picture with it. 
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(50 points) 
Read Vannevar Bush's paper from July 1945: 

\url{http://web.mit.edu/STS.035/www/PDFs/think.pdf}

Write down two predictions he made that came true. 

(Note- this is not a paper in Discrete Math but it is such a good paper 
that every undergraduate should read it!) 

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