The semester has
come to the end. Like many of my peers, I am busy studying, procrastinating,
and squeezing in that extra slog before the deadline. Overall the csc165
experience has been great. The course reconfirms my decision of going into
computer science. I have always loved problem solving, and logic is definitely one
of my favorite subject and strength.
Below are some blog
posts from my peers that I find interesting. The last one prompted me to do more
research on the problem. The poster simplified the problem, and I tried to
solve the original question. After finding that it was beyond my capability, I
searched online for a solution. This website gives a detailed solution of the
question: http://www.geometer.org/mathcircles/indprobs.pdf
. Interestingly, it also proved the poster’s simplified solution wrong. In fact
you only need two colours to solve the problem.
Guess my love for solving logic problems is here to stay.
Interesting posts:
An example of the halting solution that helped me understand
Detailed recording of problem solving process and insights
in problem solving
Polya’s approach to problem solving, penny piles
Interesting thoughts on intuition
Detailed summary on sorting
A familiar problem….
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