Questions tagged [pedagogy]

Pedagogical question. Background A cycle in a graph can be defined as a sequence of vertices $v_1,\dots,v_n$ with $v_1=v_n$ such that, for each $i \in \{1,\dots,n-1\}$, the graph has an edge $(v_i,v_{i+1})$. (One can define it differently.) The…

I was wondering why 3-SAT is often chosen as the candidate problem from which one reduces from to prove the NP-completeness of another algorithm. I've seen it justified in places such as K&T by We now show that 3-SAT $\leq_p$ Hamiltonian Cycle. Why…

In describing where a system vulnerability exists, I often find a need for a model that partitions a operating system and its components into abstraction layers. Similar to how the Open Systems Interconnection Network Stack Model (OSI Stack) does…

I'm working with CARDIAC (Cardboard Illustrative Aid to Computation) that is a model created at Bell Labs in 1968 to explain students how the computers worked with the Von Neumann architecture to create a new model for pedagogical purpose. But, I…