Difficult:
I hardly follow this at all. I don't understand why they can resolve 2 dimensional coordinates into a real field extension, and that's probably the smallest of my issues, as I do not have enough understanding to formulate a sensible question on what remains. A second look makes it slightly clearer what's going on, but it is still bizarre to me.
Reflective:
Using algebra to solve geometry is not a new idea, as the Cartesian coordinate system demonstrates, but using abstract algebra to solve the question of what is constructable in a traditional Euclidean manner is bafflingly brilliant.
Progress:
As far as preparations go, the lectures are helping far more than the book. I only read ahead because it is an assignment to do so, although I did find that I was more lost than usual on the day that I forgot to do the readings, so I suppose that they are helping prime my mind to learn what is actually going on.
Homework has not been too much of an issue for me to understand. The lectures have adequately prepared me for it, and I can't think of how the format could be improved.
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