Oh man... what a day, said all the wrong things, suggested all the wrong things, did all the wrong things, and just when I thought I got out of a big mess, I just got myself into a bigger mess! HAHA! So funny!
Maths is fun ain't it?
Submodular functions in graph theory! Oh man... what a mess! When I looked at the internet for some material other than the paper A/P Tay gave me, I found nothing except the paper I already had! The only modular functions I found are related to set theory and analysis! Maybe I shouldn't have told A/P Tay I was a pure math major. Because he really gave me pure maths stuff... algebra and all that... grrr... and algebra is my weakest area!
So U-liang, lie groups, at leasts it's been well researched. But my project, hardly any research at all! How?! Well, at least all that is expected of me is to write a report rather than come up with original stuff. Oh well... Maybe I should change to analysis under A/P Leung, A/P Chew, A/P Quek or A/P Goh. Would have some fun with analysis, but would be a huge headache as well.
Anyway, a submodular function is a set function that acts of the power sets of some sets and maps it to the real number line. On top of that, it must satisfy a certain inequality. From what was briefed to me, we actually came across modular functions in MA2101: Linear Algebra II, in particular the dimension theorem. Somehow, you are able to use them to prove some important mathching theorems in graph theory. That all I gather so far, got a few more parts to read.
So to relieve stress, I'm going to shamelessly rip this from Ryan's blog! This is the first quiz i've done, but yeah... let you peeps out there take a rare look into my life for once!
Have you ever:
1. snuck out of the house (after what happened today, i just felt like doing so!)
2. gotten lost in a city
3. seen a shooting star
4. had a serious surgery (oh hell yeah!)
5. gone out in public in my pajamas (I don't wear pajamas)
6. kissed a stranger (NO WAY!)
7. hugged a stranger
8. been in a fist fight (karate count? have scars to prove it!)
9. been arrested
10. laughed and had milk/coke green tea come out of my nose
11. pushed all the buttons on an elevator (the place only had 2 floors)
12. swore at my parents
13. been in love
14. been close to love
15. been to a casino (I lost $0.50 at Melbourne Crown)
16. been skydiving
17. broken a bone (greenstick fracture)
18. been high (yah... and said things I shouldn't have!)
19. skinny-dipped
20. skipped school
21. flashed someone
22. seen a therapist (physiotherapist???)
23. played spin the bottle (don't remind me!)
24. gotten stitches
25. drank a whole gallon of milk/water in one hour (well, been to NS!)
26. bitten someone
27. been to Disneyland
28. gotten the chicken pox
29. kissed a member of the same sex (my Dad)
30. crashed into a friend's car
31. been to Japan (on transit)
32. ridden in a taxi
33. shoplifted
34. been fired (Was fired from the SAF... ORD loh!)
35. had a crush on someone of the same sex
36. had feelings for someone who didn't have them back
37. stolen something from my school
38. gone on a blind date
39. lied to a friend
40. had a crush on a teacher
41. celebrated mardi-gras in new orleans
42. been to Europe
43. slept with a co-worker
44. been married
45. gotten divorced
46. had children
47. seen someone die
48. had a close friend die
49. been to Africa
50. driven over 400 miles in one day
51. been to Canada
52. been to Mexico
53. been on a plane
54. seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show
55. thrown up in a bar
56. purposely set a part of myself on fire
57. eaten Sushi
58. been snowboarding and skiing
59. met someone in person from the internet
60. lost a child
61. gone to college
62. graduated college (I've technically graduated)
63. done hard drugs (I was administered morphine for my back op)
64. tried killing myself
65. fired a gun (one of the rare cases in Singapore who hasn't unless you count IMT)
66. purposely hurt myself
67. taken painkillers
68. miss someone right now
69. tried to wash away some feelings by banging myself on the wall
