PMATH 450Measure Theory

Oct 16, 2024 Hardness of First year (math) 4 points, 8 comments

“I am a grade 11 student right now and I want to apply to mathematical finance in the future, but the minimum requirement for it is the minimum grade for each course is 70%. …”

u/shitfartpissballs: “it’s really tough man”

u/LoudChannel5796: “real analysis, Lebesgue Integration, measure theory namely pmath 351, pmath450, pmath 451”

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May 20, 2024 Is doing CS 456, CS 458, 3x bird courses + 20hr/week job difficult? 8 points, 13 comments

“Do you think this is doable for my 3B term? Not sure how difficult CS 456 and CS 458 are, especially if taking them in the same term, so any insight would be appreciated. …”

u/dave7364: “Is doing CS 452, CS 444, CS 488, CS 343, PMATH 450 and a full time job, and a design team (Waterloop btw) doable? (I have a CAV of 94).”

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Jan 29, 2024 Interesting pmath/co courses? 3 points, 2 comments

“What are some particularly interesting pmath/co courses? I don’t have space to take many of them, but wish to maximize my utility. One course I know I want to take is pmath 351. Any other suggestions?”

u/Alone_Letterhead2671: “… PMATH Analysis route: PMATH 450, 451, 453 which are pretty popular. Some topics covered are pretty cool like Measure theory covered in more rigorous version. It's also applicable in lots topic like probability theory, analytics NT, operator theory, optimization, etc. …”

u/Stranger_Natural: “Seconding this, but I also wanted to mention that measure theory (pmath 450, 451) and functional analysis (453) gets used in certain pmath (analysis), co (optimization), and stats (stochastic calculus) topics courses (which you can try to take as an undergrad). …”

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Dec 12, 2023 Advice for CS major who doesn’t like CS? 30 points, 7 comments

“I’m a 4A CS major who will graduate in 2025 on my current plan, but I haven’t found a job the past two years and throughout this degree I found I don’t even like CS that much. …”

u/Ok_Meeting_2592: “… \- pmath 348: Offered Fall and Winter \- pmath 365: Offered Winter (take it next term!) \- pmath 450: Offered Winter \- 3 more 4xx pmath courses, depending on your interests. All in all, if you started a pmath major right now, you could still graduate on time. …”

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Dec 31, 2022 Math Finance PMATH Courses 14 points, 4 comments

u/QUITIG: “PMATH 333, 351, 450, 451 are required for the math finance major, how difficult are these pmath courses and are they useful for a career in finance? …”

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Dec 31, 2022 STAT 902 Undergraduate? 1 point, 11 comments

“Has anyone ever taken STAT 902 as an undergraduate before? What do the instructor usually ask as a prerequisite for the course? …”

u/vkoj1221: “I havent taken STAT 901 or STAT 902 but I was allowed to take STAT 901 (as an undergrad with PMATH 450 but no STAT 330). I dropped out of the class because it was looking a little bit like PMATH 451 but easier. I imagine that overriding in is instructor dependent.”

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Jun 3, 2022 CS students, what courses have you taken each term 9 points, 21 comments

“Inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/uwaterloo/comments/v3b8nj/can\any\current\mathcs\students\let\me\know\their/ but recognizing that one term is a very narrow view, What courses have you taken each …”

u/Osteospermum: “… 252 Coop 2 MATH 239 I’m in 3A in the fall, going to (hopefully) take CS 341, PMATH 347, PMATH 450, ECON 101, CLAS 251 Realized in 2B that taking every single hard course I can take every term isn’t worth and it led to me dropping a course (CO 255) and doing worse in my other …”

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Feb 12, 2022 What is the hardest course you took in waterloo 29 points, 66 comments

u/PPewt: “PMATH 450 with Ken Davidson around 6 years ago iirc. He decided to rush the course into like 1.5-2mo so that he could squeeze a bunch of theoretical DEs stuff at the end.”

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Dec 23, 2021 What are your favourite classes at UW 56 points, 87 comments

u/CliffRouge: “CS246E, PMATH450, STAT333”

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Sep 9, 2021 How were PMath 450 Oral Exams last term? 4 points, 2 comments

u/vkoj1221: “I heard that Blake Madill conducted oral exams/tests last term and I heard similarly for this term. I was wondering what the format was like and to expect (I am not currently enrolled in the class but I am considering it)”

u/Osteospermum: “Was in math 247 with Blake last term, also had oral exams and I'm pretty sure the format / relative difficulty of exams are comparable to pmath 450. Exams were 3 questions and conducted in groups of 2 students. …”

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Sep 2, 2021 Imagine Calling Yourself An University of "Beyond Ideas" when You Cockblocked Students from Taking Unusual Steps 137 points, 29 comments

“&x200B; https://preview.redd.it/musbbocny3l71.png?width=666&format=png&auto=webp&s=f3ee68db7b83cf57c7bd8d352a3a6b398cb289db”

u/djao: “I'm not riley, but I am the C&O advisor, and I can explain why we would do something like this. In C&O, you do not need advisor approval in order to enrol in a graduate course as an undergrad. …”

u/djao: “… A realistic set of prerequisites for STAT 901 might be "PMATH 450 and PMATH 451". It's pretty rare for a student who's not in 4A to have met these requirements. …”

u/dotuanhiep: “I actually took PMATH 450 already and will be taking 451 in the Fall. I have asked the professor who is teaching the course and he agreed that I have satisfied the prerequisites. Don’t grad schools look at what courses one takes throughout undergrad? …”

u/djao: “… In truth, I would be more impressed by an aspiring probability student who had taken PMATH 450 + 451 than one who had taken PMATH 450 + STAT 901. The former choice indicates a healthy respect for theory and fundamentals. …”

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Sep 1, 2021 Denied Override into STATs grad course because of not being in 4A? 0 points, 12 comments

“Is there any other STATs advisor that can give override to grad courses other than Riley? He denied my request because I’m not in 4A. I feel like this is a very arbitrary requirement.”

u/heartuary: “Which course?”

[deleted]: “did you take PMATH 351/450/451? That might help your case. Riley cock-blocked me from taking a course that I later got a 90-something% in. He's not the best at his job, bit too anal on details.”

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