Sure Professor Mihai knows what he's talking about when it comes to math. But does he know how to teach his students, engage with them, and make math majors like myself truly interested in what we're learning? Unfortunately no. His lectures are confusing due to the fact that he never encourages questions and doesn't care if we understand his work.

I regret taking the class with him this quarter. Even with a calculus background from high school and the resources offered (CLAS, section, review sessions, math lab, etc.) I was confused throughout the quarter. Be prepared, if you must take 3B with him, to learn most if not all of the material from everyone BUT him.

Did not curve. Hard grader.

this class ruined my gpa. don't take.

Beware that he uses Random Math Problem Generator to make the exams. He doesnt assign any kind of routine to his teachings, but includes an online book, which, if you open it, is actually the Epic of Gilgamesh written in the traditional Akkadian. The hw is an online simulation that analyzes ur abilities and gets worse overtime, unless ur weak

Putinar is literally the worst teacher I have ever had. All he does is do proofs on the board. The class doesnt even have a textbook and he expects you to know things he himself never said in class. Would not recommend.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU HAVE OTHER OPTIONS. He is by far the worse professor I have ever had. His lectures are confusing. I go to lecture knowing the material but leave lecture more confused than I ought to be. His midterms usually has something that he has not taught yet. If you do have him, go to CLAS since you won't be learning from him.

Never ever take 3B with him. He only writes proofs on the board and you receive absolutely nothing from the lectures. His tests are extremely hard and he doesn't curve them. The only thing he does right is give you practice midterms, but he still manages to add new applications he never taught on the real test.

Unless you want to skip lecture, do NOT take math3B with him. Lectures are not helpful. He teaches in a confusing, abstract manner, explaining WHY something works rather than how to apply the material which is not helpful for his exams. GO TO SECTION AND CLAS and do EXTRA prac probs in the book. Wait another quarter to have a diff prof if you can.

Honestly, if you do your homework and make sure to understand the material beforehand (say 1,2 hrs of concentrated reading), you will have a good time. On the other hand if you don't make sure you know the material well (at the level of doing, say, a u sub off the top of your head) you will struggle. So make sure you do your homework!

Not sure why he has bad reviews his practice midterms were very similar to the real midterms and everything on the midterms he covers more than once in lecture very intelligent and I learned a lot from him

idk anything this class sucks

Cant understand a single thing he says. Randomly engaged with himself the entire lecture and impressing himself with his ability to draw chicken scratch on a piece of paper under a projector. Avoid if you can unfortunately UCSB does not have many other options.

Don't take him, makes no sense and confuses you more than anything.

tests are not related to the textbook and lecture. tests are hard. he does not speak English very well and speaks in very low volume. lectures not that related to integration as well, there are things like reviewing trig and explaining irrational numbers and similar random stuff.

Math 3B should have been a much easier course. You can barely understand what he says in class, and the homework given is very easy, but the test is SO HARD!!

Tests were very random. I barely used any of the definitions and proofs I studied in this class on the test. Not sure where he gets his test material from, but it sure isn't the lecture notes or the book.

Professor Putinar is, first and foremost, brilliant. I took a graduate-level complex analysis class from him. He did not shy away from concrete calculation (as other professors sometimes do). His defining characteristic is that I saw him use notes exactly once in a year, and it was only to remember the sign of a term in a huge formula. The man.

He is a nice teacher, but everything he taught in lecture was not expected on the test. The material you need to know is straight from the book. I like him personally along with the curve that 90% is A+.

I don't understand why Putinar has such a low rating. He may not teach the best, but his tests are very reasonable. You always know what to expect based on the practice tests he provides. His grading is very fair, too. I don't see why anyone would avoid him. He's one of the best math professors I've had at SB.

Putinar really teaches himself actually. You'll go to lecture expecting to learn something but you'll soon come to realize once it's finished that you just watched him write math stuff to himself for the past 70 min. The whole quarter is pretty much just that. I'd say avoid him (if you can).

The material is way over the top in difficulty for an undergraduate analysis course. Impossible to read up outside of class because he doesn't assign any real book. Barely assigns homework problems to help understanding (the ones he did assign were much too difficult as well). The tests were near impossible. Lectures incomprehensible. STAY AWAY.

Expects you to know the material to a very high degree, but is willing to help you get there. This quote sums up most of his teaching: "I want you to think creatively AND analytically".

This guy was awful. I would always fall asleep in his class. The only time I ever learned something was when his TA taught the class.