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ANANTH SHANKAR

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MATH 467
Quality 1/5Difficulty 4/5
This was supposed to be an easier class, the topics were on the "fun side" of Mathematics. Professor Shankar was very bad at teaching, his lectures made little to no sense most of the time, and sometimes he would have entire lectures where he would go off on a tangent. His exams are way harder than the homework, and he does not care about his class
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Classes with ANANTH SHANKAR

MATH 699

Directed Study

1–6 credits

MATH 699 offers directed study projects arranged with a faculty member.

No offering record · Spring 2023

Nan ChenDmytro Arinkin+5 more

historical GPA · grades

Spring 2022–Spring 2022 · limited sample

Recorded teaching history

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TermCourseTitle
Spring 2023MATH 699Directed Study
Spring 2023MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2022MATH 467Introduction to Number Theory
Fall 2022MATH 541Modern Algebra 1
Fall 2022MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2022MATH 967Seminar in Number Theory
Spring 2022MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2021MATH 741Abstract Algebra
Fall 2021MATH 967Seminar in Number Theory
Fall 2020MATH 542Modern Algebra 2
Fall 2020MATH 967Seminar in Number Theory

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