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\centerline{CS 480/680 Homework 1}  % assignment number here

\centerline{Out Wednesday, January 14, 2026}       % out date here
\centerline{Due  11:59pm, Wednesday, January 21, 2026}       % due date here
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\centerline{\large \copyright Marina Meil\u{a}}
\centerline{\large mmp@uwaterloo.ca}

\fbox{\parbox{\textwidth}{Submit your code on LEARN (in a zip file), with proper documentation. Make sure your code is a script that the TAs can run and verify your results. Submit the written part of the homework on Crowdmark in a single pdf file.}}

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{\bf Problem 1 -- The Markov chain as maximum entropy model}

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