TEACHING & MENTORING

Teaching Experience

Teaching mathematics through problem solving, intuition, and clear mathematical reasoning. My experience includes undergraduate teaching assistance, academic tutoring, mentoring, and supporting students across mathematics, probability, statistics, and mathematical finance.

“A teacher is never a giver of truth — he is a guide, a pointer to the truth that each student must find for himself.” — Bruce Lee

Teaching Portfolio

Selected teaching, tutoring, and mentoring roles.

Undergraduate TA Spring 2026

Math 3338 · Probability

University of Houston

Instructor: Dr. Wenjiang Fu

Probability Problem Solving Undergraduate
Undergraduate TA Fall 2025

Math 2413 · Calculus I

University of Houston

Instructor: Dr. Moses Sosa

Calculus Recitations Undergraduate
Graduate TA Fall 2024

MA5950 · Mathematical Finance

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Instructor: Dr. Barun Sarkar

Stochastic Finance Graduate Mathematics
CASA Tutor Since 2025

Mathematics & Statistics Tutoring

University of Houston

Center for Academic Support and Assessment (CASA)

Calculus Statistics Academic Support
Mentor & TA Nov 2023 · Dec 2024

Math Advancement Class on Sundays (MAC-S)

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Mentored students in advanced undergraduate mathematics.

Linear Algebra Functional Analysis Topology

My Teaching Approach

I try to help students understand why a mathematical idea works before focusing only on formulas or procedures.

My goal is to make difficult concepts approachable by connecting formal mathematics with intuition, examples, visualization, and structured problem solving.

01 Build intuition before abstraction
02 Encourage students to explain their reasoning
03 Use examples to connect theory and computation
04 Treat mistakes as part of mathematical learning

Math Materials

Linear Algebra

  • 📘 Syllabus:
  • Grad / Undergrad Math Books

    Analysis

    • Real Analysis – S. Kumaresan
    • Topology of Metric Spaces – S. Kumaresan
    • Metric Spaces – P. K. Jain, Khalil Ahmad
    • Real Analysis, Carothers –link

    Against the common notion, "Rudin, Bartle-Shebert, Apostol" aren't of much use. Working with them is like admiring a masterpiece from a distance. To get closer and make your hands dirty, go out with books of average and amazing problems.

    One would refer to the expository articles of Dr. S. Kumaresan:


    Algebra

    • Contemporary Abstract Algebra – J.A Gallian
    • Abstract Algebra – Frank Ayres link
    • Abstract Algebra – Gregory T Lee link
    • Abstract Algebra – Khanna & Bhambri link

    Same here — "Herstein, Dummit-Foote" are masterpieces for Modern Algebra, but make your hands dirty with Frank Ayres. Alongside, one can make use of video lectures like Benedict Gross (YouTube).


    Linear Algebra

    • Linear Algebra Done Right – Sheldon Axler link
    • Linear Algebra – Lipson & Lipschutz – Schaum Problem Outlines
    • Linear Algebra, A Geometric Approach – S. Kumaresan link

    Complex Analysis

    • Complex Variables Demystified – McMahon link
    • Visual Complex Analysis – Needham (link)
    • Complex Variables – HS Khasana link
    • Complex Variables – Spiegel & Lipschutz – Schaum Outlines
    • Intro to Complex Analysis – P. Duraipandian

    Topology

    • Topology Without Tears – SA Morris link
    • Topology – J.R. Munkres
    • Full Notes on Topology – link
    • Notes on Topology: Prof. Veeramani (NPTEL) – link

    ODE & PDE

    • Differential Equations – Bronson – Schaum Outlines link
    • Differential Equations – M.D. Raisinghania
    • An Elementary Course on PDE – Amarnath (PDF)

    To be honest, haven’t referred too many books for differential equations — hope this section gets updated in the future.


    Functional Analysis

    • Intro to Functional Analysis and Applications – Kriezig link
    • Functional Analysis – B.V. Limaye

    These two are the most common books in Functional — good ones but too long. After reading Functional, one could go through this article and book by Prof. S. Kumaresan. link

    Highly suggested to refer to the articles and books of Dr. Kesavan, IMSc on applying Functional Analysis to Sobolev Space (PDE) — link


    Measure Theory

    • Measure and Integration – Inder K. Rana | Math4All Notes1 / Notes2

    P.S: I highly appreciate this channel because of the work done for math aspirants: pkalika.in | Resource File

    Data Science , AI & ML

    Platforms to be familiar with

    Github | Kaggle Notebooks | Geeks for Geeks | KDNuggets Blog | GateOverflow

    Articles and Newsletters from kdnuggets.com are great resources to stay updated in Data Science and AI.

    • Cheat Sheet for Complete Data Science (including Statistics & Math) — PDF (Link)
    • Complete Cheat Sheet for ML — PDF (Link2) (great!)
    • Excellent Materials for GATE DA — link

    Course: Intro to Machine Learning / Data Science Materials

    • Python Intro — Workshop using Google Colab
    • Visualize Neural Networks using TensorFlow Playground
    Quantitative Finance

    📚 Books for References

    • Stochastic Calculus for Finance - Syllabus
    • Stochastic calculus for finance (two volumes), Steven Shreve, C Mellon — PDF
    • Monte Carlo Methods in Engineering, Glasserman, Columbia Business School — PDF
    • Options, Futures and other derivatives by John Hull — link
    • Stochastic Differential Equations by Øksendal (not for beginners) — link

    📰 Articles

    💻 Softwares and Websites

    • TradingView, GoChart, Investopedia Simulator
    • Bonds: Fixed Income by Tipson
    • Futures and Options (FNO) — Grow, Zerodha (India)

    📘 Beginners to Read

    🏛️ Finance Courses and Universities

    link

    📂 My Projects and Git Resources

    • My complete content and project: Git Gist
    • Finance in ML (Git Repo): Great Python Notebooks Git Gist
    Probability / Statistics / Stochastic Processes
    • Complete Probability course (link) by Hossein Pishro-Nik


    Tools and Softwares
    • Research tools Litmaps or Research Rabbit (Journal Seeker) ,Overleaf (LaTeX editor), LyX (Word editor), Chatpdf or Pdfdrive , Paperpal(paid) , Hypernotes or Notion , Enago plagiriazer , Mendeley & Mendeley Data.
    • Python + VS Code + GitHub Google Colab ( jupyter notebooks), VS Code online , Codespaces in Git.

    High School
    • Set theory
    • Sequence & Series
    • Binomial theorem
    • Permutation & Combination
    • Matrices & Determinant
    • Complex Numbers
    • Quadratic Equations

    • Trigonometry
    • Coordinate Geometry
    • Vector Algebra
    • 3D Geometry


    • Statistics & Probability
    • Mathematical Reasoning & Logic
    Undergraduate

    Stage 1:


    Stage 2:

    • Multivariate Calculus
    • Fourier Series & Laplace Transform
    • Probability and Statistics
    • Mathematics for Physics
    • Mathematics for Computer Science
    • Operation Research
    • Numerical Analysis

    Stage 3:

    • Real Analysis
    • Complex Variables
    • Linear Algebra & Applications
    • Abstract Algebraic Structures
    • Advanced Fourier & Laplace Transform
    Graduate

    Level 1:

    • Real Analysis
    • Advanced Linear Algebra
    • Algebraic Structures
    • Ordinary Differential Equations
    • Discrete Mathematics
    • Numerical Analysis & Computing

    Level 2:

    • Partial Differential Equations
    • Complex Analysis
    • Measure Theory
    • Topology
    • Probability theory
    • Functional Analysis

    Complete Syllabus link

    These areas open up research interests in major fields:


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