Tuesday, August 28, 2012

1.1-1.2 and 3.1, due on August 29

What was the most difficult part of the material for you?

Much of the basic number theory was review for me, though it is always good to refresh the mind on these essential proofs. Tracking each piece in the Euclidean algorithm can be difficult for me.


What was the most interesting part of the material?

I was happy to see the expansion from "there is no largest prime" to "there are about this many primes". I think the prime number theorem with its estimation formula will prove very useful in this class.

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