The professor is incredibly talented when it comes to teaching. The best quality teacher I have had so far at UCLA. This class contains some very difficult topics and is arguably the hardest math non honors undergrad class. The professor is just really good at teaching the concepts and I give him a lot of credit for that. Additionally, he records lectures, posts lecture notes, gives good homework questions that help intuition, and gives practice problems for exams. He also posts videos explaining homework hints and exam solutions rather than just posting the PDF like other professors.

The midterms were fair but definitely on the harder side. Medians on both midterms around 60%. The average on the final was the same, but I personally think it was an easier test mostly because you get much more time. The exam was definitely fair.

Unfortunately with UCLA's math department, there is not a select grade distribution for each class. So your grade at the end of the day is largely influenced by the curve the professor decides. Some professors decide to create a cutoff in some way where top 30% get A's, some top 50%, some 10% etc. This professor's grade distribution is probably on the harder side compared to other professors, but he is a great teacher and would recommend.

For reference, I got above the median on both midterms by about 6%, 100% on homework, and 22% above the median on the final, and I got a B. Not complaining, but take this info as you will.

Exams are difficult but that comes with the territory. Homeworks are great! Very well written and actually help you to understand the material. Lecture was always interesting and to the point (notes posted online!). He was transparent about how exams worked and gave plenty (plenty!) of practice problems on top of the homework. He gave HW and exam solutions via video which I thought was the best (and wish other professors did the same) because it forces you to actually engage and learn instead of aimlessly scroll through a PDF.
Highly recommend this course because it makes 131A worth the pain.

This man is my hero. He's so kind and a great lecturer. He'll get really into the material to the point that it makes me laugh sometimes but I'm not laughing at him, he has my full respect, I just think it is very sweet. Analysis is a hard topic no matter who you learn it from, but he teaches it clearly and his class is structured, tests are reasonable. His homeworks are well written and sometimes enjoyable even. My favorite math professor I've had here. Take Tyler Arant if you can't take Terence Tao