Special Problems

Last Updated: Wed, 04/01/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
MATH
Course number:
8900
Section:
BLE
CRN
82989
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Grigoriy
Instructor last name:
Blekherman
Catalog Description

This course provides academic credit for independent studies under the direction of a faculty member. The scope and direction of the studies are determined by the student (or small group of students) in consultation with the course instructor.

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Active

Differential Geometry

Last Updated: Sat, 04/11/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
MATH
Course number:
4441
Section:
AU
CRN
81064
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Igor
Instructor last name:
Belegradek
Catalog Description

The main objective is to explore shapes of curves and surfaces in the 3-dimensional space.

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Active

Linear Algebra

Last Updated: Fri, 04/17/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
MATH
Course number:
4305
Section:
AU
CRN
80367
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Doron
Instructor last name:
Lubinsky
Catalog Description

Finite dimensional vector spaces, inner product spaces, least squares, linear transformations, the spectral theorem for normal transformations. Applications to convex sets, positive matrices, difference equations.

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Active

Stochastic Processes I

Last Updated: Fri, 04/17/2026
Syllabus
syllabus_18.pdf (159.82 KB)
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
MATH
Course number:
4221
Section:
BU
CRN
92867
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Jeremy
Instructor last name:
Zurcher
Catalog Description

Simple random walk and the theory of discrete time Markov chains.

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Active

Differential Equations

Last Updated: Thu, 04/30/2026
Syllabus
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
MATH
Course number:
2552
Section:
R01
CRN
87406
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Hyun Jeon
Instructor last name:
Kim
Catalog Description

Methods for obtaining numerical and analytic solutions of elementary differential equations. Applications are also discussed with an emphasis on modeling. Credit not awarded for both MATH 2552 and MATH 2403 or MATH 2413 or MATH 2562.

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Active

Differential Equations

Last Updated: Sun, 04/12/2026
Syllabus
syllabus K_0.pdf (114.19 KB)
General Class Information
Academic year:
2026
Semester:
Fall
Course prefix:
MATH
Course number:
2552
Section:
K
CRN
93100
Department (you may add up to three):
Instructor first name:
Zhaojie
Instructor last name:
Yang
Catalog Description

Methods for obtaining numerical and analytic solutions of elementary differential equations. Applications are also discussed with an emphasis on modeling. Credit not awarded for both MATH 2552 and MATH 2403 or MATH 2413 or MATH 2562.

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