Math. 311                                         Spring 2000

                     HOMEWORK SUMMARY REPORT


  Assignment number: 4          
    
  Problem number:  3.3.3

  Number of papers received: 3  

  Reviewing committee (Greek letter):omicron       

  List all participating members:  bezner, deeke, harris



  Author[s] of paper[s] chosen for publication:                  
[Richard Hobson]


  Comments:  We didn't just pick [Keith] Harris' paper just because he is
in our group.  It was the simplest and easiest to follow. If there is a
problem with that selection then we would pick Fernando Perez's paper.

INSTRUCTOR'S COMMENT:  All 3 were good attempts, but the grader and I
think that Richard's paper came closest to what the question is aiming
for.  Two points to note:  (1) Nonuniqueness can occur here when one is
led to divide by zero.  (2) When the denominator is not zero but is very
small, computers will have trouble doing the floating-point arithmetic
(although the right answer is within the floating-point range).