First Test

With the first test tomorrow morning, I must admit I am very nervous. This class is way over my head, and I don't even really know how to study. A1 did not go well at all, so I am very worried about how I will end up doing in this course. Luckily they try very hard to help people pass, by skewing the weightings of things, which is nice. It also shows that maybe this course shouldn't be as hard, or it shouldn't be required for a Comp Sci program.. Ah well, nothing I can do about that. I just have to try my best and that's all there is to it.

I think that I understand Mathematical Induction pretty well. It makes sense to me that if you can prove something for n, and if you can prove it for n+1, then it works for all n. The problem I have is getting from A to B. I understand the structure of the proof, but the content is where I have trouble. I don't think it's something you can learn, because once you prove something, it won't be asked on a test or assignment again. I don't really know how to get better at figuring out proofs, so if anyone has suggestions, please let me know. Thanks!

I also need to understand the other types of Induction we've gone over in class. Back to trying to study I go!