3.1, due January 15th

1. This section definitely had a lot of information to cover; however, I think I understood most of it, especially since a lot of it dealt with the addition and multiplication axioms that we having been working with in the other sections, and even in my other math class. There were a few difficult parts for me though. Like the 5th example on p 43, I don't understand that, but then again, I seem to have a hard time with switching from something I'm so used to and understand, like numbers, to something new and vague, like variables. Anyway, that was one thing that I didn't quite get, but I'm sure if I just read it some more I will understand it. Other than that, I think I understand the rest, but there is a lot of information, and with new notation and new definitions to add to my vocabulary, it should be quite interesting, and I hope to be able to grasp the concepts that I need to.
2. The thing I liked about this section was that we're dealing with matrices. I really like matrices, and I hope that I continue to like them after this class :) (jk). I also like the fact that we continued to work with the addition and multiplication axioms, it is helping me understand it in both of my math classes. Anyway, I've never learned about rings before, I think, and I'm excited to learn about them and hope I can understand everything I need to know!