Difficult:
Almost everytime I read a new section in this book it seems like the book presents things in such simple ways that I should be able to understand it. And while reading it, I feel like I comprehend what I am reading, but I don't understand it. I know what the book is saying, but I don't understand what it entails. The difficulty in these readings is trying to really understand the new concepts. But it seems that understanding only comes after expereicne with the new concept and trying problems on my own. If I can try to come to understand the concepts as I am reading than that would minimize the amount of times that I need someone elses help on the homework and I will be able to do the homework problems on my own.
Reflective:
It is interesting to note about past mathmeticians and what their views were of math. Especially understand now what they did not understand then. I find it fascinateing that abstract algebra can be used to define the complex numbers and proof of their existence. Though I do not fully understand how or why that works, it makes me smile thinking that it does make sense and that mathmeticians would not doubt the logic if they had known it then.
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