1. What was the most difficult part of the reading for you?
This time, I will not blame the book. I think it's because of the late hour or because it used a bunch of other proofs from earlier in the section that we haven't discussed in class yet, but I had a hard time following Theorem 3.2.2.2 (Fermat's two square theorem), which makes me nervous because it has a name, so it's probably important. I think I just got confused following the logic on the top of page 92 where everything seems to meld together.
2. What was the most interesting part of the reading for you?
Again, maybe it's the late hour, but I really kind of enjoyed reading Lemma 3.2.2.1. I'm not sure if that's just because I could actually follow it (a treat for me these days) or what it was exactly.... maybe I just felt impressed with the way in which a bunch of theorems we talked about (what seems like forever ago) earlier really came into play in a nice and cohesive way during this proof. I don't think I could ever replicate it (so don't ask me to) but I could actually follow it. Three pats on the back for me.
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