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Professor Sergei Pilyugin Reviews

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Class Ratings

4Good Class
2Hard
4Interesting
5Very Useful

Professor Rating

5Amazing Prof

Prof: Sergei Pilyugin / Fall 2022

Mar 2, 2023

Comments on the course

Absolutely essential for math majors and still quite useful and insightful for stats/CS/physics/other math heavy majors. The proofs assignments can be moderately difficult or very hard - depends on the person and the assignment. Be prepared to work up to 10 hours per week on these. Also don't feel bad if you spend a few hours and get nowhere - that's part of the learning process :) Exams were relatively reasonable. Just study the book chapters and make sure you understand all the proofs done in class and you'll be good

Course Content

Gives you samples of a variety of fields of mathematics (combinatorics, real analysis, algebra, set theory) in addition to learning proof writing techniques. If you ever have to write another proof, take this class

Comments on the professor

Absolutely awesome. A bit of a quick writer so don't be shy to ask questions if you don't understand a proof. Go to office hours!! He's helpful and available. Relatively forgiving grader on the exams and will help you with the proof assignments via email or in person.

Advice

If you are not a math major or have not been exposed to many proofs before, I highly recommend you look into proof writing before the class. A few suggestions would be to look up the proof of the binomial theorem (make sure you know induction first), proof of the ordinary generating function for the Fibonacci sequence, and Cantor's diagonal argument (familiarize yourself with some basic set theory prior and figure out what a bijection is).

Course: MHF 3202Delivery: In personGrade: AWorkload: Very HeavyTextbook Use: Optional
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