7th Week of CSC 165

All the first term tests are done and I am trying to adjust to normal life again. Since midterms put me into position where I could only study the upcoming test, I have lost in track of CSC 165 materials. I went to the tutorial without any knowledge of proof. However, my classmates and the TA helped me, so I did the quiz well. I decided to look up the course slides from week 4. The due date for the assignment 2 is coming, so I have to do it. This week's problem solving question was penny piles.

5, 6th Week of CSC 165

Two weeks have gone, and I finished my first csc 165 term test. I have studied a lot and put a lot of effort into this test, because I thought csc 165 is the hardest course I am taking right not. However, the test was easier than I thought. It had the same format as the the past test that prof gave us. The first question was to match python functions and definitions to symbolic statements. It was easy question since there is a similar question on the past test, so I had no difficulties solving that question. Second Question was to negate the given symbolic statement and determine whether the negation or the original statement is true. This question was a challenging question. When I tried to study the past exam, I had a hard time to understand the question. However, I figured out the concept of the question and solved the problem. Third question was about finding true  statement between two symbolic statement. I solved this problem by using venn diagram of three sets and tried to find the case that makes one statement true and one statement false. Overall, I think I will get a mark that I deserve. Assignment two is coming out later tonight. It is time to redo the process I did a month ago, doing CSC 165 work again.

4th Week of CSC 165

First assignment was due yesterday. Even though I started this assignment weeks before, I was struggling with it until the due date. I found my group mates on Tuesday. We compared the answers and tried to figure out the question which we were struggling with. Question 1 was pretty straight forward one, so I and my group mates had the same answers. Question 1 asked me to negate the given statements and express them in English and symbolic form. To solve this problem, I firstly translated the given statements in symbolic form, then I negated them.
 For example, Question 1 a)'s statement was 'All acronyms are catheterized unless they are bifurcated.'. I changed this statement into symbolic form, \forall a \in A, \neg B(a) \right C(a). And then, I negated it, \thereexists a \in A, \neg B(a) \wedge \neg C(a). I then translated the negated statement into English: some acronyms are neither bifurcated nor catheterized.

The last two questions, number 4 and 5, were the questions that my group was struggling with. We asked TAs few times and we even went to professor Larry's office hour. We were still lost and the due date came. We finally understood the questions and solved them. I felt happy and so were my group mates. We organized the answers and submitted the file.
Mid term test is next week. I still feel I am not ready, but I will try my best to be ready for the test.