Hyperbolic structure and chaos; center manifolds; bifurcation theory; and the Feigenbaum and Ruelle-Takens cascades to strange attractors.

Prerequisites: Mathematics 6B and Math 119A, each with a minimum grade of C

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LABUTIN D A
Denis Labutin
2.8
182 reviews
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MATH122A . Labutin D A 14 Days Ago

Labutin is a great professor but the grading scheme was lackluster with no curve. This is a hard class but not impossible, and if you do the homework and the reading, you should be well equipped for exams. 3 exams, open note inlcuding take home final. It's a hard class but a very awesome, interesting, and mindbending one, so don't get discouraged.

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MATH8 . Labutin D A 15 Days Ago

Rushes through topics and homework is SO LONG. Assigns one very long written homework and one webwork assignment every week. webwork is limited to 3 tries instead of unlimited tries like usual. 2 midterms. However the final was online and the course ended in week 9 which was nice so you can focus on other finals.

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MATH124A . Labutin D A 2 Months Ago

hard class and fast lectures but he teaches it very well. homework takes a while, though exams are open textbook.

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MATH4A . Labutin D A 10 Months Ago

Labutin just reads off of lecture slides so I stopped attending class. All tests were online and made the class much easier. Although he's a terrible prof, the class was super easy.

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MATH4A . Labutin D A 10 Months Ago

Lectures weren't mandatory, there were no midterms or a final, the class was only graded by weekly homework and five online/asynchronous tests, and the lowest score is dropped. Labutin is the goat.

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MATH4A . Labutin D A 10 Months Ago

His lectures are very theoretical and quite confusing. However, there are 5 online midterms and no final, and the homework is all webwork, so it's easy to get an A. The TA ended up being really helpful and all the section worksheets were just like the midterms. The only reason I understood the content is because I took linear algebra in hs.

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