Saturday, October 18, 2008

NTU Y1S1, Week 11 In Review

Random Quotes Of The Week:

"OBSERVE!"
- Dr Shi (Most used phrase in lecture)

"I don't care!"
- Dr Shi
(Last lecture, in response to students, "I don't understand")

"And from the 10 x 10 matrix, you can get the 9 x 9! From 9 x 9, you can get 8 x 8! After that, you can get 7 x 7! And then... "
- Dr Qian
(Getting the determinant of a matrix)

"And what is the meaning of a determinant? That is a very interesting question."
- Dr Qian (Lecture on Determinant)

"I don't know why you are laughing. Maybe later you can email me and tell me why."
- Dr Leung (Response to class laughter)



In The Class:

Computer Systems
E - Learning week... for this module. So happy, cause this module is usually always the last lecture of the day. That means I get to go home earlier!


Logic Design (End Of Lecture)
Sian... Dr Chan went on leave, and I feel that her teaching methods is still the best (for me). I don't really like the replacement tutor methods.

He tends to flash out the solutions right away at the start. Then, when everyone is busy copying, he will start his explanation. Everyone is busy drawing, writing down the notes, and no one is really paying attention to him. By the time you finish writing down the answers, he would have finished explaining everything. -_-

Dr Chan is different. She will actually analyze the question, then do the question step by step from the start to the end together with you. It makes you feel like you're actually attempting the question yourself with her assistance. The good thing about this is that you actually knows what you are copying, and why this and why that. More importantly, You don't need to go back and re-read what you've blindly copied.

Hopefully she'll be back by next week, haha.


Data Structures Programming
Well, this module is sure getting much more appealing now. The tutorials and the lectures, but sometimes I wish he could cut down on the REPETITIVELY explainations.

Repeating 1 or 2 times is fine, but to repeat the same thing OVER AND OVER is really... -_-


Discrete Maths
And we had our last lesson on Discrete Maths.

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And what is left over is a pile of mess.

A horribly difficult Assignment 2.

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See you 2 weeks later, Dr Shi.


Foundation Maths
What is the meaning of determinant?

How has the importance of determinant change over the past centuries?

Why is determinant more important than the Matrix itself?

How do we find some cross and dot products?

These are some of the things we have learnt this week on Linear Algebra.

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And how does all these help in your tutorial?

How does all these help in your exams?

How does understanding the history of Matrix and the hidden meaning of Determinant helps in passing the module?

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Nothing.

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ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

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