What was the most difficult part of the material for you?
I thought the deseret alphabet looked rather intimidating because of all the unfamiliar characters, but I thought it was kind of silly of people to try to use it to hide information when they'd published the key.
What was the most interesting part of the material? How does this material connect to something else you have learned in mathematics? How is this material useful/relevant to your intellectual or career interests?
I thought it was interesting that people hadn't found out who the unusual names were really in section 82 of the Doctrine and Covenants until so recently. There's kind of a fine line between writing down keys for codes in too many places (making it more likely that someone would find out the key) and not writing it down enough (and having people forget what the code actually means). I also thought it was cool that the early Saints used codes not necessarily for secrecy, but just to save money when sending telegrams.
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