Yakov Kerzhner graduated from GT last year, after three years of study.
He is has just started his Graduate studies at the Courant Institute of
Mathematical Sciences at New York University.
What follows is a brief message from him:
"I took the written exam in august and got an A in the complex variables
and linear algebra, and a B in advanced calculus. The two A's means that
I have to retake only the advanced calculus in January. I really like the
number theory class taught by Sarnak. I am also taking another
analytic number theory class being taught by Iwaniec. Besides the number
theory classes I am taking Real Variables and Limit Threorems, a probability
class. Both of these last two are review classes since I have already
taken similar classes at Tech. Also auditing Complex Variables, and
planning on attending a number theory seminar being run by Courant,
Columbia, and CUNY.
"Having only been an undergraduate for three years, I am somewhat surprised
that my overall knowledge of mathematics is at least as good as the
knowledge of the students coming from places like MIT, Yale, Berkeley etc.
Perhaps this is an indirect thank you to all the teachers I have had at
Tech.