Back at Olin

Being back at Olin is still a little weird. I'm living in a different dorm, and most of my friends have already gone through that adjustment. I'm in a double instead of having a large room to myself in a three person flat. I don't know a quarter of the school. (On the first day of one of my classes, the professor had us all introduce ourselves because "There's always that one junior who doesn't know the first years," and the other non-first-years pointed at me.) I'm not taking a math class, and I am taking four engineering classes. Olin culture is very different from BSM culture, and the Needham/Wellesley line is decidedly not Budapest. It's a lot to get used to, but it's been great to see people again, and I'm starting to settle in. Here's what I'm up to as far as academics this semester:

Spectral Theory

I've already written a fair bit about Inquiry Based Spectral Theory already, but it still deserves a post of its own. It's definitely the BSM class I'll miss the most.

Combinatorics and Topology

Extremal Combinatorics and Topology were my math classes at BSM that had the most fun homework and were generally the lowest stress. Here's a bit more about each:

Analysis and Algebra

Going into BSM, I knew I wanted to take at least one analysis class and at least one algebra class. My analysis ended up being Complex Analysis, and my algebra was Galois Theory. Here are my thoughts on each: