Professor
Dimitri Shlyakhtenko
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Good lecturer. I went to about 60% of the lectures, but lecture is definitely not required. The books is pretty good, and he lectures right out of the book while adding in quirky examples and humor. It is very easy to teach yourself this whole course out of the text. Homework was manageable, certainly less time-consuming than that which his wife Prof. Radko. A good TA will do wonders, go to each of the TAs discussion sections over the first three weeks, decide which is your favorite, and go to that one. Both midterms and the final were about where everyone was expecting in terms of difficulty, although note that it is extremely difficult to finish the midterms within the 50 minutes, so don't take your time with those. I ended up getting a 98% on the first midterm (avg. 70), 70% on the second midterm (avg. 63), and 70% on the final (avg. 73) and got a B+ in the class.
Good lecturer. I went to about 60% of the lectures, but lecture is definitely not required. The books is pretty good, and he lectures right out of the book while adding in quirky examples and humor. It is very easy to teach yourself this whole course out of the text. Homework was manageable, certainly less time-consuming than that which his wife Prof. Radko. A good TA will do wonders, go to each of the TAs discussion sections over the first three weeks, decide which is your favorite, and go to that one. Both midterms and the final were about where everyone was expecting in terms of difficulty, although note that it is extremely difficult to finish the midterms within the 50 minutes, so don't take your time with those. I ended up getting a 98% on the first midterm (avg. 70), 70% on the second midterm (avg. 63), and 70% on the final (avg. 73) and got a B+ in the class.
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