Test Review, due on November 13

• The topics we've studied that I feel are the most important are the various factorization methods as well as the primality testing methods we learned. Actually, most of the things we went over seems important in different ways. I just feel that we've had the most practice with factorization and primality testing. Another thing that seems important, and that we've done A LOT, is RSA.
• I sort of expect to see a few things on the exam. When I say sort of, I mean I have really no idea. But I think we will have some factorization questions as well as some questions that will ask us to test for primality. I expect to see some Jacobi symbols on the exam as well as RSA. We'll probably also have some theoretical questions on the exam, similar to the theoretical questions that were on the last exam.
• I definitely need to work on understanding hash functions better before next week. I also need to work on a couple of the factorization algorithms. Aside from those, I just need a general review of the material.
• I came into this course kind of blind. I didn't really expect anything as far as topics are concerned. If the question asks if there's something that I would like to continue to study that we've studied already, I really like RSA. I think its because we've had so much practice with it, but I do like it.