Sept. 12-08
CSC236, a theory course of computer science, started this week with three lectures in a row. All lectures focused on the Principle of Simple Induction this week. I have learned the basics of both simple and complete induction in CSC165, so I had a good idea of the material we were doing. Otherwise, it would be very problematic if I cannot even keep up with week-one material although I did have difficulties understanding chapter zero of the textbook.
Chapter zero was supposed to be a review for those who had certain degrees of background for CSC236. When I skimmed through this chapter, I was stunned at some unfamiliar words such as "proper subset", "partial order," and "contiguous sub sequence." I had to reread the chapter several times to have a good grip of its content.
Regarding the lecture style, I am glad that Danny discarded the idea of using blackboards this year. I absolutely love his new medium, the tablet. Writings tend to be more packed in a blackboard since it does not save what was written ten minutes ago. It is easier to read off from a tablet.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment