This video introduces the motivations behind the course as well as a brief overview of the kinds of projects that students work on during the semester.

This session features the writing workshop, which covers the essential parts of the 18.821 paper and includes discussion between the professor and the students on several examples of the sections of the paper.

This session features the practice presentation regarding the paper, "The Dynamics of Successive Differences Over Z and R." The students deliver their individual parts, with each of the segments followed by comments and suggestions from the instructors.