#physblr

i’m really REALLY enjoying my coding class (CS 1400 - intro to coding python)! it’s super fun and rewarding and almost addictive to learn more and be able to try it out! plus, this class is set up super well. it feels like i’m set up for success while encouraging failure, which is great!

my other class, MUSC 1400 - intro to music theory, is very easy but still fun! the tool that’s being used to teach it is a little outdated, but it works well so i can’t complain! since i have a background in music already (11 years harp, 5 years violin, 1 year flute, 5 years singing/choir, currently learning piano), it’s a lot of stuff i already know but i feel like it’s keeping me engaged in learning piano and thinking about music which is great! plus, i could use a refresher.

did you know there’s a function called the ‘semifactorial’, represented by two exclamation points, which is similar to the factorial but only uses numbers of the same even/oddness as the original number (i.e. 7!! = 7 * 5 * 3 * 1 = 105)?

did you know this is NOT the same as a double factorial (i.e. (3!)! = (3 * 2 * 1)! = 6! = 6 * 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1 = 720)?

did you know that the textbook “The Basics of Nuclear and Particle Physics” by Alexander Belyaev and Douglas Ross uses the semifactorial without first defining it for the reader, nor clarifying it is not the double factorial?

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