My name is Emil Geisler, I'm
a first year graduate student in
the UCLA Math Department.

About Me

I am a first year math PhD student at UCLA. I attended the University of Utah from 2019-2023, where I graduated with honors degrees in Mathematics and Computer Science. My mathematics thesis at Utah was supervised by Sean Howe, and my computer science thesis was supervised by Cem Yuksel. I am interested in algebra and number theory.

• CV

Writing

• Representations of the Symmetric Group from Geometry (advised by Sean Howe). Undergraduate Math Thesis (2023).
• Variable Stretch Textures on the GPU (advised by Cem Yuksel). Undergraduate Computer Science Thesis (2023).
• Detecting Simulated Viral Recombination with Persistent Homology (advised by Javier Arsuaga). UC Davis REU report (2021).

Talks

• Research presentation at RTG Mini-conference at University of Utah, 2023. Website. Slides.
(20 mins).
• Poster presentation at University of Utah Math for All conference, 2023. Website. Poster.

Teaching

TA positions

• Spring 2024: MATH 33A - Linear Algebra and Applications, sections 1C, 1D.
• Office Hours: Tuesday 1:30-2:30 pm MS 2350

• Winter 2023: MATH 33A - Linear Algebra and Applications, sections 1A, 1B.
• Office Hours: Wednesday 3-4 pm MS 2350

• Fall 2023: PIC 16A - Python with Applications 1, section 4B.
• Office Hours: Tuesday 1-3 pm MS 2350

Algebra Qualifying Exam Resources

While studying for the algebra qualifying exam, I wrote solutions to a number of practice quals in addition to assembling some advice for how to study. Hopefully these resources will help other students in their preparation.
1. Exam solutions, Fall 2018 - Spring 2024.
2. General study advice and helpful resources.
3. Cheat sheet of theorems covered in Math 210ABC.
• Qual Solutions
• Advice
• Cheat Sheet

Contact

Email: emilg@math.ucla.edu
Office: MS 2350

Picture of me climbing by Porter Geddes

Math is beautiful, like these clovers!