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Jean-Luc Thiffeault

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Raw average: 3.92/5 from 26 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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MATH 704
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
One of the smartest people I have ever met. Someone who enjoys his math and life to the best
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MATH 415
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
one of my best prof. at UW. explains abstract concepts well in lectures. 1HW/2 weeks, though there are ~20 questions. Very helpful during his OH. There is also a voluntary final review section which really gave a hint to the final exam. Exams are somewhat challenging but not too hard.
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MATH 321
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Great professor who gives concise, excellent lectures. I did not do the homework but just went to his synchronous OH where he did example problems and studied those before exams. Exams tended to be easier than the homework from Waleffe's textbook.
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MATH 321
Quality 2/5Difficulty 2/5
Making mistakes all the time, so unfamiliar with the materials, reading and copying from the lecture notes all the time. His is really not confident when he is presenting the class, unsure about his own answers or calculations all the time and frequently making mistakes.
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MATH 321
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
Highly recommend staying after lecture to ask him questions; he is great to talk to.
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Classes with Jean-Luc Thiffeault

MATH 322

Applied Mathematical Analysis 2: Partial Differential Equations

3 credits

Covers Sturm-Liouville theory, Fourier series, and linear second-order PDEs including separation of variables, eigenfunction expansions, and Green's functions.

Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources

Past student reviews · Jean Luc Thiffeault

Jean-Luc Thiffeault taught this course in past terms, with a student noting that lectures were good but they learned mostly from the book. The homework was not bad, and tests offered substantial partial credit and drew directly from the homework problems, making it easy to earn a good grade if you understood the material.

Jean-Luc Thiffeault

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Fall 2022–Spring 2026

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Spring 2027MATH 322Applied Mathematical Analysis 2: Partial Differential Equations
Spring 2027MATH 790Masters Thesis
Spring 2027MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2026MATH 990Reading and Research

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