Readings and PS4

[winterthunder]

As per my last post, I have not read these nor done the problem set. Any more volunteers to take over or possibly tag team with aranthe? Doing these posts doesn't require comprehension of the material (as some of my discussion questions have indicated, I'm sure), it just requires that you do the readings and watch the lectures on schedule.

Readings:
Analysis of Algorithms
Wikipedia Binary Search Algorithm with the focus on the Implementations section.
Asymptomatic Notation (PDF)

Problem Set 4 (PDF)
Supporting File

Comments

[aranthe]

Since no one else has come forward, I have a question: Is the current schedule set in stone? That is, would it be okay if I loosened it a bit? (I didn't join until after it was established, so I'm not sure how much it matters to everyone to stick to the current timetable.)

If it's not a problem, I'd like to take an extra week to get a little ahead. (I have 32 students in my new teaching session, which means grading somewhere between 100 and 150 scripts/week, not to mention all the questions I have to field. It takes a while. ;-) Would that be okay with you? If so, I'll survey the group to see if it's okay with everyone else.

[winterthunder]

Yep, I'm fine with loosening the schedule. I was actually going to suggest that tonight, since I didn't get around to putting up the lecture post yesterday. Tell you what, I'll go ahead and put up yesterday's lecture and Quiz 1, which was supposed to go up today, and then I'll step aside and let you poll the group with whatever schedule you'd like to use. If you want my original timetable, let me know and I'll be happy to send it to you.

Thank you so much for being willing to take this on! I'm glad to know it won't die for lack of someone to lead. :)

[aranthe]

Yes, I would like the timetable, very much. It would be quicker if I have some target posting dates to adjust (if everyone is okay with that) rather than having to type up a schedule from scratch.

[winterthunder]

Ok, every Friday was a post for whatever readings corresponded to the lecture for the following Sunday. So for this Friday it would be Lecture 9. Since the readings sometimes corresponded to more then one lecture, I tended to split them as equally as I could. If there's a problem set corresponding to the lecture, that also goes up Friday. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense. :)

The planned dates for lecture posts, problem sets and quizzes are as follows:
L9- 2/28
PS5- 3/5
L10- 3/7
L11- 3/14
PS6- 3/19
L12- 3/21
PS7- 3/26
L13- 3/28
L14- 4/4
L15- 4/11
PS8- 4/16
L16- 4/18
Q2- 4/19
PS9- 4/23
L17- 4/25
PS10- 4/30
L18- 5/2
L19- 5/9
PS11- 5/14
L20- 5/16
L21- 5/23
L22- 5/30
PS12- 6/4
L23- 6/6
L24- 6/13
Q3- 6/14

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