Week Ten: It's--Oh hey, it's Snowing!

     Sorry, I got mildly distracted.
     First off, I did forget to say last week that I finally got a 2/2 on a quiz!  Yay!  (Go ahead and laugh, and I know, it's kind of sad.)  In fact, I also got a 2/2 on the quiz for this week, so I'm really glad my studying is paying off.
     Second, I'm kind of sad that I didn't get the greatest test score on our most recent test.  I honestly thought I did much better.  Looking back, I guess I didn't really understand the question and/or made silly little mistakes here and there.  I guess I'll just have to practice writing proofs more, though they seem to be my greatest enemies this year (in both CSC165 and MAT137).
     And now, onto the actual SLOG itself, this week we learned more about big-O and big-Ω proofs and how to write them, as well as computability.  While I understand the general concept of big-O and big-Ω, I don't think I'm anywhere near ready to write proofs for them without my notes.  Computability is also a bit confusing, but of course, it's a new concept to me, so I'll simply have to keep learning.  It's interesting, though, and in my opinion, much more interesting than most of our previous lessons (sorry).
     Anyways, I hope everyone is having a wonderful Fall Break, and I hope we can all actually get some sleep!  (Wait, what's sleep?)

     Best Wishes,
     Dominique

Weeks 8 & 9: Well, I'm Okay

     Oops... I didn't write a SLOG for last week.  Uni work does take quite some time, eh?  I guess fitting everything in (especially after Halloween) is a bit hard.

     Let's see... we had Assignment 2 due and a term test over the past week.  Assignment 2 was... well, not quite amazing, but it helped a lot for the term test, which I feel a rather confident about.  While I'm not sure I got the best grade, I am getting better at writing and understanding proofs, which is great.  

     Now, we're doing algorithm complexity and worst case scenarios, as well as big-Oh stuff.  I'm a bit confused, but it is much clearer than proofs originally were for me, so I guess practice is key and so long as I keep up with tutorial work, I should be fine.

     Speaking of which, tutorials are great.  They help me understand so much and I tend to retain the information better.  Then again, I guess sitting for a 3 hour lecture isn't very helpful, as I lose focus after a while.  Reviewing slides afterwards is always very helpful.

     Despite the fact that I've missed a week, I don't have much to write, so I'll leave it off here.  Hopefully I get a good grade on that test and on the assignment.

Best Wishes~

Dominique