The last lecture today was incredibly interesting. Figuring out a puzzle for the entirety of a lecture is definitely not what one would expect to do at University, but we did it and it was really fun. To recap for anyone reading this that has no idea (or has forgotten) what I'm talking about, we worked on problem solving skills and applying them towards finding a pattern in the direction of the creases in a sheet of paper if you fold it n times. The main thing I learned from that is to always use a table because tables are amazing!
Other things we learned this week would be satisfiability, which I think is basic and straightforward and needs no talking about, and the properties of logical operators. I learned the properties of arithmetic operators in High School, but I had never thought to apply that to and or or (or both!), so having it brought up during lecture reminded me of having learned that way back then. I think it's pretty interesting how (relatively) advanced concepts like logical operators exhibit similar behaviors to (relatively) simple concepts like addition.
One thing that I particularly enjoyed from this week was the tutorial. Last week I thought the tutorial was pretty uneventful, but this week the tutorial exercise was actually fun to do. Creating statements with all and any is a fun way to exercise the mind. I'm not saying I'm going to start making games out of creating logical statements for a whole bunch of random things; but if I'm ever in a situation where I am creating logical statements, it won't be the worst thing in the world.
I'm looking forward to the lectures on proofs next week. Proofs are always fun, though I've associated with them before in many different ways. I'll make sure to mention in next week's post how I feel these lectures compared to my past experiences.
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