Section 2.1 & 2.2, due on Aug 30

1) Difficult - I had most difficulty understanding the proof to Thrm 2.2.2. I also had a bit of trouble understanding how they wrote the Euclidean Algorithm as well as its proof. I've seen that Thrm and proof before, but the way they wrote it, I almost didn't recognize it.

2) (Reflective) - I noticed that in these first two sections I was reminded me of things I have previous learned. I was able to connect rings, groups, integral domains, homomorphism, etc to Math 371. There where other things that I related to originally learning in Math 290 like GCD, LCM, prime, composite, relatively prime, etc. I don't remember Math 341 as well, but I do remember learning things about the division algorithm, Euclidean Algorithm, etc. I'm amazed that this class uses many things that we have previously learned and combines them, but I like that I can finally connect these things together in this class.

Please let me know if you would like me to be more detailed in what I mean or have talked about. Thanks.