week 8

                                                     week 8
Week 8 of the course was very interesting but confusing to me.  For the first time I was introduced to the concept of Big Oh of n^2, which measures the upper bound of the running time of a function.  We also learned how to prove a function is in Big Oh of n^2,  by finding the point that the function grows slower than a constant times n^2.

 To be perfectly honest, I really don't understand the point behind this. The whole concept of whether a function grows faster or slower than the bound means very little to me. Perhaps I am still too young and inexperienced in the field of computer science.

Hopefully next week I will understand big Oh a little big better. I will be speaking with the professor to see if he can offer me an explanation.

Let's hope things gets better.