Sections 6.4.1 & 6.4.2

Difficult: I didn't understand the part about linear dependencies very well in 6.4.1. I'm also not sure I understood the matrix connection very clearly.

Interesting: it is really interesting how far we've come with factoring algorithms in the last 30 or so years and how big of an impact computers have had on our mathematical and other advances. Who knew such a relatively small thing would have such far reaching impacts?! It's pretty cool, not going to lie.

PS, as you can see below, I accidentally posted the entry on my personal blog instead of my Cryptography blog--sorry!!