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Wilfrid Gangbo
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Fall 2024 - Expect to work hard. Between week 1 and finals week, almost half the class had dropped. Attendance is not graded but is still critical to doing well in this class since the professor does not post any lecture notes or recordings. The four mandatory homework assignments are very challenging. They are graded on accuracy and can hurt your grade. That being said, the midterm and final exams were both very fair (though far from easy), and I felt well-prepared for both. The provided practice exams were great indicators of what to expect on the actual exams. The TA's review sessions were also very helpful and insightful. As Gangbo himself said, the exams are specifically meant to NOT trick you and are merely meant to see how much you've been paying attention. The lectures were information-dense, but Gangbo still left a lot of room for interactivity. He leveraged pictures and intuition when it mattered, and his examples often doubled as valuable lessons in proof-writing. If you are fine with a challenge and want a taste of graduate-level material, I definitely recommend this class.
Fall 2024 - Expect to work hard. Between week 1 and finals week, almost half the class had dropped. Attendance is not graded but is still critical to doing well in this class since the professor does not post any lecture notes or recordings. The four mandatory homework assignments are very challenging. They are graded on accuracy and can hurt your grade. That being said, the midterm and final exams were both very fair (though far from easy), and I felt well-prepared for both. The provided practice exams were great indicators of what to expect on the actual exams. The TA's review sessions were also very helpful and insightful. As Gangbo himself said, the exams are specifically meant to NOT trick you and are merely meant to see how much you've been paying attention. The lectures were information-dense, but Gangbo still left a lot of room for interactivity. He leveraged pictures and intuition when it mattered, and his examples often doubled as valuable lessons in proof-writing. If you are fine with a challenge and want a taste of graduate-level material, I definitely recommend this class.
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Fall 2020 - Professor Gangbo is chill, and the workload for this class is much lighter than 245A by other professors. He is a typical professor who teaches throughout the 50 minutes class without trying to engage students, that doesn’t bother me at all since it’s a grad pure math courses to learn knowledge. I heard that he was not so clear in the last year, but from my experience, he is relatively clear on the materials when the class is online. The exams are not too hard, and the midterm is especially easy. I would generally recommend taking this courses with Professor Gangbo, since it might be easier to get an A (though grades doesn’t matter to grad students). He and the TA can be unnecessarily strict on minor things, but I guess that is how rigorous pure math works.
Fall 2020 - Professor Gangbo is chill, and the workload for this class is much lighter than 245A by other professors. He is a typical professor who teaches throughout the 50 minutes class without trying to engage students, that doesn’t bother me at all since it’s a grad pure math courses to learn knowledge. I heard that he was not so clear in the last year, but from my experience, he is relatively clear on the materials when the class is online. The exams are not too hard, and the midterm is especially easy. I would generally recommend taking this courses with Professor Gangbo, since it might be easier to get an A (though grades doesn’t matter to grad students). He and the TA can be unnecessarily strict on minor things, but I guess that is how rigorous pure math works.
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