7.2, due november 1

there was a ton of mathematics in these sections, and i got really lost. i think we may have gone over one of the methods in class, but the book must do it differently because i got lost. it was really hard for me to follow these methods in the book, but it will really help once i can work through examples to see how these methods work.

i think it’s really interesting that these methods can be used to encrypt and decrypt messages. to be honest, i don’t think i can really see how they can be used. but i’m sure we’ll see that soon. i know they wouldn’t put these methods in a cryptography book unless they could be used for cryptography. it will be interesting to see how these methods really work and how they work in cryptography.