MATH 131B
Analysis
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: courses 33B, 115A, 131A. Derivatives, Riemann integral, sequences and series of functions, power series, Fourier series. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2019 - For 131BH. Best professor ever met. He cares about students’ experience and is definitely good at teaching. The workload is not as heavy as 131BH taught by other professors, but due to the nature of the class, you still need to spend a lot of time on the class. Take his classes whenever possible!!!
Spring 2019 - For 131BH. Best professor ever met. He cares about students’ experience and is definitely good at teaching. The workload is not as heavy as 131BH taught by other professors, but due to the nature of the class, you still need to spend a lot of time on the class. Take his classes whenever possible!!!
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Spring 2021 - 131B is definitely not an easy class. However, Padilla cared about out learning and he reminded us that he's not going to fail anyone. He curves the class to where most people will get A's and B's, and only a few will get C's. He told us that he will not fail anyone so he really cares about our learning. He lectures with Apple Notes, which is quite odd and inefficient since he sometimes struggles to erase something from his notes. His lectures are pretty slow, and he does go overtime by 10 minutes often. He goes slow because he really wants us to learn and he doesn't want to rush any topics. Because of this, we didn't cover all the topics that we were supposed to cover so weeks 9-10 felt a little rushed. He does have an accent and his handwriting is a little sloppy but you get used to it. Aside from this, I think his lectures were pretty good. He tends to remind us every 10 minutes that if anything is unclear, then come to office hours, but he does that because he cares about us :] The exams are tough, but that's to be expected with real analysis. There are 3 questions in each midterm. The first midterm had an average of 18.58/25 (74%) with a 18% standard deviation, but the second midterm was better with an average of 20.23/25 (81%) with a 12% standard deviation. Not sure what the final exam average was but he curved this class a lot. I got a B- with a 60% in the class. We had 6 homeworks this quarter. The homework is difficult but our TA Raymond saved me this quarter. His discussions were helpful because he did some of the homework problems, and also he'll walk you through the homework solutions during his office hours. He hosted extra review sessions too! Overall I would recommend this class. It's not easy but he won't fail anyone as long as you're trying. And if anything is unclear, then we can discuss this during office hours.
Spring 2021 - 131B is definitely not an easy class. However, Padilla cared about out learning and he reminded us that he's not going to fail anyone. He curves the class to where most people will get A's and B's, and only a few will get C's. He told us that he will not fail anyone so he really cares about our learning. He lectures with Apple Notes, which is quite odd and inefficient since he sometimes struggles to erase something from his notes. His lectures are pretty slow, and he does go overtime by 10 minutes often. He goes slow because he really wants us to learn and he doesn't want to rush any topics. Because of this, we didn't cover all the topics that we were supposed to cover so weeks 9-10 felt a little rushed. He does have an accent and his handwriting is a little sloppy but you get used to it. Aside from this, I think his lectures were pretty good. He tends to remind us every 10 minutes that if anything is unclear, then come to office hours, but he does that because he cares about us :] The exams are tough, but that's to be expected with real analysis. There are 3 questions in each midterm. The first midterm had an average of 18.58/25 (74%) with a 18% standard deviation, but the second midterm was better with an average of 20.23/25 (81%) with a 12% standard deviation. Not sure what the final exam average was but he curved this class a lot. I got a B- with a 60% in the class. We had 6 homeworks this quarter. The homework is difficult but our TA Raymond saved me this quarter. His discussions were helpful because he did some of the homework problems, and also he'll walk you through the homework solutions during his office hours. He hosted extra review sessions too! Overall I would recommend this class. It's not easy but he won't fail anyone as long as you're trying. And if anything is unclear, then we can discuss this during office hours.
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Spring 2018 - Good professor in my opinion. Would have him again for another class. He was very helpful, nice, and approachable in office hours. The class was mostly very difficult because real analysis is a very rigorous topic. As far as individual professors for this course go, I have heard of there existing (lol, a quantifier. math joke) worse professors for this course such that they give unreasonable homeworks. His homeworks were very reasonable yet challenging given the nature of the course. His two midterms (I'm writing this before the final) were doable but not necessarily easy. The questions just weren't what I predicted based on the the homeworks and course material but the questions would absolutely fall under the category of what you would consider fair game (so just be sure to study comprehensively as opposed to focusing on certain topics). The average for my class on the first midterm was actually very high, but he explained this was atypical as it was not as high last time he taught the course (a.k.a., my particular class was probably just smarter). I would not necessarily suggest taking him for lower division courses however; he is a very intelligent professor and his math skills manifest in his lectures to the extent that lower division students likely cannot keep up with him. Anyway, I really liked the course. Not a bad idea to take Manion.
Spring 2018 - Good professor in my opinion. Would have him again for another class. He was very helpful, nice, and approachable in office hours. The class was mostly very difficult because real analysis is a very rigorous topic. As far as individual professors for this course go, I have heard of there existing (lol, a quantifier. math joke) worse professors for this course such that they give unreasonable homeworks. His homeworks were very reasonable yet challenging given the nature of the course. His two midterms (I'm writing this before the final) were doable but not necessarily easy. The questions just weren't what I predicted based on the the homeworks and course material but the questions would absolutely fall under the category of what you would consider fair game (so just be sure to study comprehensively as opposed to focusing on certain topics). The average for my class on the first midterm was actually very high, but he explained this was atypical as it was not as high last time he taught the course (a.k.a., my particular class was probably just smarter). I would not necessarily suggest taking him for lower division courses however; he is a very intelligent professor and his math skills manifest in his lectures to the extent that lower division students likely cannot keep up with him. Anyway, I really liked the course. Not a bad idea to take Manion.
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