Thursday, September 18, 2014

3.3-3.5, due on September 19

DIFFICULT
After doing the homework due tomorrow, I've concluded that I need more examples of how to prove something.  I just don't think things were clear when you first presented proofs to me in class last Wednesday.  Like the truth table we discussed on Wednesday about P implying Q.  Which of the results yields a Trivial Proof and which a Vacuous Proof.  I clearly understand the objective behind section 3.3, but I feel my Proof-Foundation a little shaky, especially after the assignment due tomorrow.  Like take for example problems 3.1 and 3.2, I had no idea how I arrived at my final answer, or if they were right.  Same thing goes for section 3.4, I understand the objective just not how to arrive at the objective.

REFLECTIVE
The math related in these three sections are intuitive and easy to understand, its just the proofs part that I am having a hard time seeing.  Most of the time following the examples found in the section leave me more confused than when I began.  I have a love hate relationship with mathematics, and this stuff is only making me hate math more, because I don't understand proofs.

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