Sitting in the first class, without officially being enrolled in this course and not really knowing what outcome to expect, it seemed like I didn't belong at all. The professor seemed pretty cool so that helped. We started off with ambiguity, a term I hadn't really paid much attention to at first. Moving on to precision and balance, I got an idea of what's being conveyed here. Proofs and sets came as previously understood topics, but only later on in the lectures did I realize how precise and in depth we were getting into about what is usally taken as a simple statement. What is true and what is false? How do you know? What proof do you have? Everything required you to clearly comprehend the problem, plan, work to the solution, and finally review it.
We were introduced to universal claims and existential claims, what and how many counter-examples you needed to verify or falsify claims. At this point I was getting pretty confused and unclear about the examples being used in lectures due to the wordings and adjustment to the use of python (having never programmed before). I still did not know what boolean functions were until I Googled about them. However, after attending the tutorial session and writing the first quiz, everything became a lot clearer and I am fortunately somewhat more comfortable with the material again. Thank you Madina!
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