diff --git a/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/.gitignore b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4e247eee2103b4d4a35eba38166587fee1391f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/.settings
+/target
+/.classpath
+/.project
diff --git a/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/pom.xml b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3bb2ff32bae9e91c28a9d65311eba46f349ab7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+  <groupId>de.hdm-stuttgart.de.sd1</groupId>
+  <artifactId>math</artifactId>
+  <version>0.5</version>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>math</name>
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    <javadocDestdir>~/tmp</javadocDestdir>
+  </properties>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.9.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <linksource>true</linksource>
+          <!-- Setting destDir interferes with taglet class  -->
+          <additionalJOptions>
+            <additionalJOption>-d ${javadocDestdir}</additionalJOption>
+          </additionalJOptions>
+         
+          <taglets>
+            <taglet>
+              <tagletClass>de.hdm_stuttgart.de.sd1.taglet.HtmlExtensionTaglet</tagletClass>
+            </taglet>
+          </taglets>
+          <tagletpath>../../../../../../../ws/eclipse/HtmlExtensionTaglet/target/classes</tagletpath>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+
+    <resources>
+      <resource>
+        <directory>src/main/java</directory>
+        <includes>
+          <include> **/*.properties</include>
+        </includes>
+      </resource>
+    </resources>
+  </build>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>3.8.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/Driver.java b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/Driver.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9610c8ca81650641873456b718a750921bc4850e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/Driver.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package de.hdm_stuttgart.de.sd1.math;
+
+/**
+ * Testing {@link Math#exp(double)}in
+ *
+ */
+public class Driver {
+
+  /**
+   * @param args Unused
+   */
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    
+    System.out.println("max (1, 7, 2)=" + Math.max(1, 7, 2));
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/Math.java b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/Math.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6b9a4505eb73fce3d594f1e17b9d71e95a54c19e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/main/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/Math.java
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+package de.hdm_stuttgart.de.sd1.math;
+
+/**
+ * Some class methods.
+ */
+public class Math {
+  
+  /**
+   * Return the absolute value of a given argument
+   * @param value The argument to be considered
+   * @return the argument's absolute (positive) value.
+   */
+  public static double abs(double value) {
+    if (value < 0) {
+      return -value;
+    } else {
+      return value;
+    }
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * The maximum of two arguments
+   * @param a First argument
+   * @param b Second argument
+   * @return The maximum of a and b
+   */
+  public static double max(double a, double b) {
+    return a < b ? b : a; // very compact, avoiding "if". Readability??
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * The maximum of three arguments
+   * 
+   * @param a First argument
+   * @param b Second argument
+   * @param c Third argument
+   * @return The maximum of a, b and c
+   */
+  public static double max(double a, double b, double c) {
+    final double max_A_B;
+    if (a < b) {
+      max_A_B = b;
+    } else {
+      max_A_B = a;
+    }
+    
+    if (c < max_A_B) {
+      return max_A_B;
+    } else {
+      return c;
+    } 
+  } 
+}
diff --git a/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/test/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/ExpTest.java b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/test/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/ExpTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1476e3091562039cbbd1485c324d771361106772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Sd1/P/math/V0_5/src/test/java/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/ExpTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package de.hdm_stuttgart.de.sd1.math;
+
+import junit.framework.Test;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import junit.framework.TestSuite;
+
+/**
+ * Testing exponential implementation
+ *
+ */
+public class ExpTest extends TestCase {
+  /**
+   * @return the suite of tests being tested
+   */
+  public static Test suite() {
+    final TestSuite testsuite = new TestSuite("Testing exponential");
+    testsuite.addTestSuite(ExpTest.class);
+    return testsuite;  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sums and products of fractions
+   */
+  public void testApp() {
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Sd1/swd1.xml b/Sd1/swd1.xml
index b4d476280238b86fc946a5cd051a3d7e456b8a87..c680617d21afd8c3f43bba85955714f7e2e2d5a1 100644
--- a/Sd1/swd1.xml
+++ b/Sd1/swd1.xml
@@ -3237,9 +3237,77 @@ Is 2016 a leap year? true</programlisting>
       </qandaset>
     </section>
 
-    <section xml:id="sd1SecExp">
+    <section xml:id="sd1MathMaxAbs">
       <title>Building a private library of mathematical functions.</title>
 
+      <para>The following sections provide exercises on implementing
+      mathematical functions. We start with an easy one.</para>
+
+      <qandaset defaultlabel="qanda" xml:id="sd1QandaMaxAbs">
+        <title>Maximum and absolute value</title>
+
+        <qandadiv>
+          <qandaentry>
+            <question>
+              <para>Implement two class methods double abs(double) and double
+              max(double, double, double) in a class math living in a package
+              of your choice:</para>
+
+              <programlisting language="java">package de.hdm_stuttgart.de.sd1.math;
+
+/**
+ * Some class methods.
+ */
+public class Math {
+  
+  /**
+   * Return the absolute value of a given argument
+   * @param value The argument to be considered
+   * @return the argument's absolute (positive) value.
+   */
+  public static double abs(double value) {
+    ... return ??;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * The maximum of two arguments
+   * @param a First argument
+   * @param b Second argument
+   * @return The maximum of a and b
+   */
+  public static double max(double a, double b) {
+    ... return ??;
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * The maximum of three arguments
+   * 
+   * @param a First argument
+   * @param b Second argument
+   * @param c Third argument
+   * @return The maximum of a, b and c
+   */
+  public static double max(double a, double b, double c) {
+    ... return ??;
+  } 
+}</programlisting>
+
+              <para>Test these functions using appropriate data.</para>
+            </question>
+
+            <answer>
+              <para>See <link
+              xlink:href="Ref/api/P/math/V0_5/src-html/de/hdm_stuttgart/de/sd1/math/Math.html">implementation
+              here.</link></para>
+            </answer>
+          </qandaentry>
+        </qandadiv>
+      </qandaset>
+    </section>
+
+    <section xml:id="sd1SecExp">
+      <title>Implementing the exponential function.</title>
+
       <qandaset defaultlabel="qanda" xml:id="sd1QandaMath">
         <title>The exponential <inlineequation>
             <m:math display="inline">