AMSP Day 1

by shiningsunnyday, Jul 21, 2016, 6:22 AM

My crazy roommate woke up at 4: 45, and so did my dreams of grandeur snap shut like a window. At 5: 30, I was up, and after 2 hours of procrastination, we were on our way to breakfast, before which we did a "bring-it-in" huddle for team spirit purposes? Anyways, I talked to a few people -- some I've never met before, some I met yesterday -- at breakfast. After that, I sat awkwardly in the building of Combo 3, not wanting to be the first person to be seated. The first person I saw to arrive was called John (abbreviation), and after introducing myself we walked to class together. Soon, people began filing in, including a few MOPers as well as familiar faces from yesterday. We then joked a bit before the class started.
Combo 3 classroom wrote:
This person I met yesterday: *walks up to me* Hey, you want to uh, come back here and sit next to me?
Class: *Chuckles a bit*
Me: What you want to flirt or something, cause there's a girl in this class. *Everyone looks at the awkward girl*
Me: *feels bad*
Darn.

Anyways, Vlad lectured for a while, and I understood pretty much everything except for a sudden USA TST problem, which I only got after reviewing the steps after class.
USA TST wrote:
Show that $$\sum_{i=0}^n \frac{1}{\binom{n}{i}} = \frac{n+1}{2^{n+1}} \sum_{i=1} ^{n+1} \frac{2^i}{i}.$$
We did induction and combinatorial identities, most of which are easy thanks to Interm CP, and I ended up solving (or skimming over it and convincing myself I can solve it) all the problems besides P13 and P15 (darn too lazy to solve it tonight).

After lunch, I bought a 50 bucks lamp and an extension cord due to the darkness of my dorm, and went back to the dorm with Raymond24Y while sipping sugar coffee. During this time, I Skype called deathllama9 for the first time, but unfortunately messed up and made a fool out of myself. I apologize, deathllama9, :( , please don't stop being my friend. :(

Then came Geo 3. We just did Menelaus and Ceva, and the whole class was trivial, with the exception of learning some pro-sounding stuff like the first and second Fermat points, Jacobi's theorem, and the Napoleon point (the actual geo was easy). I sort of fell asleep midway, so I never got to tell the following pun:
My imagination wrote:
Cosmin: So we're going to prove Menelaus as follows, etc. etc.
Me: Well, there is also a 3D proof of Menelaus, and it contains many layers. (get it)
...Also I'm shy so darn.

During class I met AoPSers adik7 from my Oly Geo class and JMO HM pinetree1 whose blog I've been following lately. While the Geo 3 problems look hard when standing alone, they became really trivial after I put a few reps with the Law of Sines, but were nevertheless easy thanks to EGMO. Then before class ended, everyone was encouraged to solve individually a USAMO problem, which I did, albeit it was a bit annoying. Overall, I really hope tomorrow will be harder. :\

After class and dinner, I went to pinetree1's room and watched him explain to me some OP geo problems he solved lately. Then I came home and decided as to whether I should go to req, eventually deciding not to due to no basketball :( and so my roommate and I stayed indoors like 2 fat nerds and did the Combo 3 and Geo 3 problem sets. (I was going to post 2 problems, but it's really late and I really don't want to doze off in Cosmin tomorrow.)

...So yea, then I texted with the girl whose phone number I got for a while.
Text wrote:
Girl: Hey Michael. What classes you taking?
Me: G3C3
Girl: Wow you're so smart. I am (name).
Me: Well boys and girls can't be together, so back to being nerdy...
Girl: You can come to floor one lounge
Me: Cool
Girl: R you coming
Me: I'm shy
Girl: You don't have to just do it (blush) :P
Me: Maybe tomorrow
Girl: Awww
RIP.

Then I showered, and then visited the girl's bathroom (which our RA group is allowed to use), and joked with one of my dorm mates.
Convo in Chinese wrote:
Me: So how does it feel sneaking around a girl's bathroom for the first time?
Him: *Laughs* You know what's the biggest difference between girl's and boy's bathroom? Go look at the extra box next to the toilet. I think you know what's in their.
Me: Wow seems like you've been very observant.
Him: *Laughs*
...
etc.
Guess I'll always have an immature side within me. :maybe:

Anyways, good night.
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yay first lol
Oops midnight again hehe mostly cuz I've been doing work while my roommate was on his phone xD so our lights were still on. But now he's sleeping so lights are off darn can't see my writing rip

Anyways how are you so pro?? Trivial combo and geo 3!!!!!!! so pr0!!!!

RIP not anymore, Combo 3 is extremely nontrivial today.
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by Flash12, Jul 21, 2016, 7:10 AM

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O 13 is just induction, 15 is hellish do it later.

Also how is G3 trivial

Not anymore...
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by Generic_Username, Jul 21, 2016, 1:48 PM

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13

15

Wow, this is really amazing. Thank you!
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by tastymath75025, Jul 21, 2016, 2:36 PM

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wait guys don't expect a post today (next 30 minutes) ssd said he didn't have time. and btw this is CLEARLY not past curfew

by Flash12, Jul 22, 2016, 6:31 AM

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Michael the ladies magnet!

Darn no...
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by Raymond24Y, Jul 23, 2016, 12:54 AM

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wait wth i was so immature <1 year ago

nv i still am

sorry this is random

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