good lectures and fair grader

I really struggled due to the format of the class. His lectures are just him talking through ppt slides, which makes it hard to focus and see what he's doing in each problem. Note taking is next to impossible. His tests are easy though. I hardly knew what I was doing but was able to pull out decent grades because of the friendly format.

Pretty clear professor and his tests are not too hard as long as you study all of the recommended problems. I would recommend doing CLAS and going to math drop-in.

He's fairly good at explaining ideas and concepts, and if you pay attention it will definitely make sense. His tests are really difficult considering the homework he gives is a joke (usually 10-20 problems). Even a lot of the book problems are easier than his test questions. Go to CLAS at least once a week and office hours and maybe you'll get a B.

Reading the other reviews actually made me submit my first RMP rating ever. This class is not difficult. Martin is not the best (or good lecturer). What he is, is a very fair tester and grader. HW is 12 mental math problems a week. Cake. Final was two midterms with different numbers and last two weeks new material. CLAS + doing book problems A.

Such A horrible professor. all he does is go over proofs in lecture. It is true a lot of math professors dont know how to teach.