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TONGOU YANG

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MATH 521
Quality 5/5Difficulty 3/5
While the grade consists of 2 exams and biweekly homework, I thought Prof. Yang was very generous with grading. His lectures were detailed and he provided lecture notes online. One of my favorite math professors at UW.
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Classes with TONGOU YANG

MATH 551

Point-set Topology

3 credits

Covers topological spaces, connectedness, compactness, separation axioms, and metric spaces.

No offering record · Spring 2023

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Tongou Yang

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Fall 2018–Spring 2023

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Spring 2023MATH 551Point-set Topology
Fall 2022MATH 521Analysis I

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