Brainstorm Problem-Solving!

Hi guys! In my last blog I mentioned posting a short brainstorm blog outlining my approach to Q1 in Assignment 2. Here it is! If you don't recall, this is the first part of the question where we are asked to come up with a recursive definition for the number of OMCOFS in a binary string of length n. What follows is the outline of how I derived the recurrence!

Continuing struggles and Term-Test 2!

Hello again! As all of you are probably equally happy knowing that Term-Test Two was last week, and is thankfully over now, I wish to take a step back and share with you a portion of my experience with A2. In my last post I mentioned that I was having trouble unwinding the recursive definition that was found in question one. The week the assignment was due, Professor Heap mentioned some things in lecture regarding question one and the formula that could be found in the course notes containing the closed form for the Fibonacci sequence. I still had no idea whether or not we were suppose to use that,

given the fact that it was not the result of my unwinding, and the whole idea of using some messy looking equation with weird symbols scared me just a little bit. I ended up not using it, and as a result, I may have seriously hampered my grade for this second assignment. However, now that the assignment is due and I had a chance to look at the sample solution. I realized although I stopped a step short of the final answer, and will more than likely suffer a hefty grade penalty, I felt that I approached the question in the right way,  and as a result I think I'll be happy with whatever mark I get. I plan on writing up a short brainstorm blog explaining how I approached Q1 in my next post.

I hope everyone found the second Term-Test fair, and that everyone gets a grade they were hoping for. I noticed there was some controversial issues being discussed in Piazza regarding the morning and evening section mid-terms, the morning section writing theirs a couple days before the evening students and getting significantly less study time. I don't wish to comment on what I feel is fair or unfair, because I know that every student has different circumstances they're working under and are all trying to manage their time the best way they know how. What I will mention is, although issues concerning the course should be brought to the Professor's attention, anyone with concerns needs to realize he can only do so much to cater to every student's needs. And more importantly, to realize every student has different needs. 

With that being said, I hope everyone enjoys the short break, and wish everyone good luck on the upcoming A3. (...I hope I didn't fail T2......)