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LAURENTIU MAXIM

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Raw average: 2.88/5 from 89 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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CALC222 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
Maxim I don't think is teaching at UW-Madison moving forward from the Fall 2023 semester, but he was interesting. Sometimes hard to understand, but cared enough to make lectures entertaining.
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CALC222 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 4/5
Seeing the reviews on here quite surprised me. He was a respectful lecturer and accommodated student needs well. Also, he was easy to understand and made good use of lecture time. There were some exceptions, as he did go on useless tangents a few times, albeit those few times were few and far between.
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CALC222 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 5/5
READ THE ONLINE BOOK!!! Max, as he asks to be called, is hilarious and does go over lots of content in class. It will be hard to follow if you are expecting to learn from lecture, but it is very useful if you have read through the section in the book before hand. It's a hard class but if you do some pre-work you will be able to stay on top of it
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CALC222 · course not matched
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
As good as a math professor can be in my opinion. He explained things alright and goes through many practice problems in class. The issues in the course lie within the exams being massive percents of your grade and extremely difficult but unfortunately they are the same regardless of who you have as a professor.
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MATH 521
Quality 1/5Difficulty 5/5
A kind of derogatory, condescending professor that probably need not be teaching students. He thinks he knows everything, and belittles students in class; playing uncomfortable jokes on them. I personally felt bad for some students who seemed to not understand the subject quite well, and he makes fun of them when asking questions in class .
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MATH 521
Quality 4/5Difficulty 5/5
Many definitions in the lecture, make sure to review all materials more than once. Also, pay attention to EVERY exercise he went through before the exam, which has high probability to show up in the exam. Also an extra credit problem in the final akin to one of the past challenging HW questions. Also available outside of classes. Overall, not bad.
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Classes with LAURENTIU MAXIM

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Spring 2026MATH 752Introductory Topology II
Spring 2026MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2025MATH 341Linear Algebra
Fall 2025MATH 698Directed Study
Fall 2025MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2025MATH 752Introductory Topology II
Spring 2025MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2024MATH 751Introductory Topology I
Fall 2023MATH 222Calculus and Analytic Geometry 2
Fall 2023MATH 698Directed Study
Fall 2023MATH 753Algebraic Topology I
Fall 2023MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2023MATH 698Directed Study
Spring 2023MATH 752Introductory Topology II
Spring 2022MATH 521Analysis I
Spring 2022MATH 698Directed Study
Spring 2022MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2021MATH 551Point-set Topology
Fall 2021MATH 698Directed Study
Fall 2021MATH 751Introductory Topology I
Fall 2021MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2020MATH 340Elementary Matrix and Linear Algebra
Fall 2020MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2020MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2019MATH 221Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Fall 2019MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2019MATH 221Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Fall 2018MATH 221Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Fall 2018MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2017MATH 320Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Spring 2017MATH 211Survey of Calculus 1
Spring 2017MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2016MATH 375Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Linear Algebra
Fall 2016MATH 853Topics in Algebraic Topology
Spring 2016MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2015MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2015MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2014MATH 375Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Linear Algebra
Fall 2014MATH 751Introductory Topology I
Spring 2014MATH 376Topics in Multi-variable Calculus and Differential Equations
Spring 2014MATH 552Introduction to Algebraic Topology
Spring 2014MATH 699Directed Study
Fall 2013MATH 753Algebraic Topology I
Fall 2013MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2013MATH 461College Geometry I
Spring 2013MATH 699Directed Study
Spring 2013MATH 752Introductory Topology II
Spring 2013MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2012MATH 853Topics in Algebraic Topology
Fall 2012MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2012MATH 752Introductory Topology II
Spring 2012MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2011MATH 221Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Fall 2011MATH 990Reading and Research
Spring 2011MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2010MATH 751Introductory Topology I
Fall 2010MATH 753Algebraic Topology I
Fall 2010MATH 951Seminar in Topology
Spring 2010MATH 221Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1
Spring 2010MATH 752Introductory Topology II
Spring 2010MATH 990Reading and Research
Fall 2009MATH 751Introductory Topology I
Fall 2009MATH 951Seminar in Topology

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