1.1, 1.2, and 3.1, due on August 29

1. The most difficult part of the material for me was understanding what stream ciphers and block ciphers are. Also, some of the proofs took some time to work through, even though I had already seen them done in my MATH 371 course.

2. One thing that was interesting was that 3.1 is almost all repeat material from 371. I found it fascinating that this material is used in encryption and decryption. I think that me knowing this motivates my learning even further and showed me a useful application for mathematics.