5.4-5.5, due February 3

Difficult: The more difficult of the two sections in this reading was 5.5. Although it was the harder concept of the two, I feel like I have a pretty good understanding of the idea. Therefore, the only reason why I would classify it as the more difficult concept is because it takes the idea presented in section 5.4 and then builds the next step onto it. Basically, just that instead of stating that there exists something, you're proving that there is not anything that exists that is the opposite of the statement.

Reflective: I thought that section 5.4 was rather easy for this reading. Basically it is simple to understand the idea of an existence proof. It is not proving what example it is that makes the statement true, but just that there is something that exists where the statement is true. Also, existence is a common word in most people's vocabulary, which makes it easier to understand the idea because of previous knowledge.