Teaching

Courses taught by Pengfei Zhang

Course Offerings

I teach across the full math curriculum — Prealgebra, Algebra 1 & 2, Geometry, AP Precalculus, AP Calculus BC, and beyond. Each course runs for a full academic year.

I also offer one-on-one tutoring, in person or via Zoom, at $100/hour.

Art of Problem Solving (AoPS Lexington)

Fall 2026 – present

Math Level 7 (Algebra)
Textbook: Introduction to Algebra — Rusczyk
Math Level 3 (Prealgebra)
Textbook: Beast Academy 3 — Batterson, Rogers

Idea Math

Fall 2026 – present

UC1 (Algebra 2 level)
Materials prepared by Zuming Feng

Summer 2026

PC1 (Algebra 1 level)
Materials prepared by Zuming Feng

Fall 2025 – Spring 2026

PCA (Prealgebra 2 level)
Materials prepared by Zuming Feng

Everyone Academy

Fall 2025 – Spring 2026

Geometry
Textbook: Introductory Geometry and Proofs — Meijun Zhu

Summer 2025

AP Calculus BC
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals (9th ed.) — Stewart, Clegg, Watson

Fall 2024 – Spring 2025

Precalculus
Textbook: Bridge to College Math — Meijun Zhu
Geometry
Textbook: Introductory Geometry and Proofs — Meijun Zhu
Algebra
Textbook: Introductory Algebra — Meijun Zhu

Boston University

Fall 2025

MA 121 – Calculus for the Life and Social Sciences
Textbook: Calculus for Business, Economics, Life Sciences, and Social Sciences (14th ed.) — Barnett, Ziegler, Byleen, Stocker

Fall 2023

MA 225 – Multivariate Calculus
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett, Schulz
MA 226 – Differential Equations
Textbook: Differential Equations — Blanchard, Devaney, Hall

University of Oklahoma

Spring 2023

4163 – Introduction to PDE
Textbook: Introduction to Partial Differential Equations — P. Olver
5763 – Stochastic Processes
Textbook: Applied Stochastic Processes — Mario Lefebvre
Reference: An Informal Introduction to Stochastic Calculus with Applications — Ovidiu Calin

Fall 2022

2924 – Differential and Integral Calculus II (Honors)
Textbook: Calculus (8th ed.) — James Stewart
4653/5663 – Introduction to Differential Geometry I
Textbook: Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces (2nd ed.) — Manfredo P. do Carmo

Spring 2022

6683 – Differential Geometry II
Textbook: Introduction to Riemannian Manifolds (GTM 176) — John M. Lee

Fall 2021

4123/5123 – Fourier Transforms
Textbook: Lectures on the Fourier Transform and Its Applications — Brad Osgood
6673 – Differential Geometry I
Textbook: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds (GTM 218) — John M. Lee

Spring 2021 (partially remote teaching)

3113 – Introduction to ODE
Textbook: Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling — C. Edwards, D. Penney, D. Calvis
4163 – Introduction to PDE
Textbook: Introduction to Partial Differential Equations — P. Olver

Fall 2020 (partially remote teaching)

3423 – Physical Mathematics II
Textbook: Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers — D. A. McQuarrie
5423 – Complex Analysis I
Textbook: Function Theory of One Complex Variable (3rd ed.) — Robert E. Greene, Steven G. Krantz

Spring 2020 (partially remote teaching)

2423 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
Textbook: Calculus (8th ed.) — James Stewart
4853 – Introduction to Topology
Textbook: Topology (2nd ed.) — James Munkres
4990 – Independent Study (Student: Kaleb Neal)
Reference: An Introduction to Mathematical Optimal Control Theory — Lawrence C. Evans

Fall 2019

4123/5123 – Fourier Transforms
Textbook: Fourier Analysis: An Introduction — Elias M. Stein, Rami Shakarchi

Spring 2019

2433 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
Textbook: Calculus (8th ed.) — James Stewart
4163 – Introduction to PDE
Textbook: Applied Partial Differential Equations with Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems (5th ed.) — Richard Haberman

Fall 2018

3113 – Introduction to ODE (one double section)
Textbook: Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems: Computing and Modeling — C. Edwards, D. Penney, D. Calvis
3980 – Honors Research (Student: Armand Ghosh)
Reference: Ergodic Theory with a View Towards Number Theory — M. Einsiedler, T. Ward
6493 – Topics in Analysis (joint with M. Zhu and C. Remling)

Spring 2018

2934 – Differential and Integral Calculus III (two sections)
Textbook: Calculus (8th ed.) — James Stewart

Fall 2017

2924 – Differential and Integral Calculus II (two sections)
Textbook: Calculus (8th ed.) — James Stewart

University of Mississippi

Summer 2017

263 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals (2nd ed.) — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett
353 – Elementary Differential Equations
Textbook: A First Course in Differential Equations (5th ed.) — Dennis G. Zill

Spring 2017

263 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals (2nd ed.) — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett
264 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry IV (two sections)
Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals (2nd ed.) — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett

Fall 2016

263 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry III
Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals (2nd ed.) — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett
264 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry IV (two sections)
Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals (2nd ed.) — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett

Spring 2016

262 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry II
Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals (2nd ed.) — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett
264 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry IV
Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals (2nd ed.) — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett

Fall 2015

263 – Calculus and Analytic Geometry III (two sections)
Textbook: Calculus Early Transcendentals (2nd ed.) — Briggs, Cochran, Gillett

University of Houston

Spring 2015

3336 – Discrete Mathematics
Textbook: Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (7th ed.) — Kenneth Rosen

Fall 2014

3336 – Discrete Mathematics
Textbook: Discrete Mathematics and its Applications (7th ed.) — Kenneth Rosen

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Spring 2014

331 – Ordinary Differential Equations (two sections)
Textbook: Advanced Engineering Mathematics (10th ed.) — Erwin Kreyszig

Fall 2013

131 – Calculus I (two sections)
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals (7th ed.) — James Stewart

Spring 2013

233 – Multivariate Calculus (two sections)
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals (7th ed.) — James Stewart

Fall 2012

233 – Multivariate Calculus (two sections)
Textbook: Calculus: Early Transcendentals (7th ed.) — James Stewart

Peking University

Spring 2012

Introduction to Ergodic Theory
Textbook: Equilibrium States and the Ergodic Theory of Anosov Diffeomorphisms — Rufus Bowen