Sec 3.11, due Sept 25th

1. It was good for me to review fields. We're learning about them in my number theory class, and so it's cool that I can use that knowledge for two classes. The hardest thing for me to understand was probably section 3.11.2 about GF(2^8). I know that was probably the most important, but there were just a few things in there that I didn't quite understand. I could also use a review and some examples tomorrow in class about section 3.11.3, the LFSR sequences using fields. The only thing that isn't difficult for me to understand, but quite frustrating and long at times is polynomial division and finding the multiplicative inverses of polynomials, yeah that is not very fun. I had to do a few this last week in my number theory class, and they were frustrating, and annoying. :) So I hope we don't have to do any of those!
2. This section was really good. I like having a prior knowledge of fields from 371, and then just barely reviewing it in my other class, so hopefully I understand them ok, and can do well. It's nice how all my classes are offering things that I use in other classes, it helps me stay on top of things and not forget.