Lectures sometimes felt a little disorganized, but he was really helpful during office hour. Pretty cool prof. Exams also tend to be fairly similar to the practice exams he releases.Rate My Professors ↗
Current instructor
Niclas Technau
What students say
Original student reviews · all captured dates
Quality 5/5Difficulty 4/5
Quality 3/5Difficulty 4/5
He knows the content well but lectures were very disorganized at times. I learned the most from the discussion sections and outside sources. I recommend reading the textbook. Final exam was insanely difficult compared to the two midterms before it and it almost always felt like it was trying to trick you.Rate My Professors ↗
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Lectures were a little confusing but the exams were super similar to the practice exams which was really nice.Rate My Professors ↗
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Classes with Niclas Technau
Introduction to Number Theory covering proof writing techniques, divisibility, primes, congruences, and Fermat's theorem.
Offering recorded · Spring 2027 · Sources
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Fall 2022–Spring 2026Recorded teaching history
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