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John Seale Hopper


2nd Year Math Ph.D student
UCLA Mathematics Department
Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555
Office: MS 2901 (right in front of the elevators)
E-Mail: jshopper@math.ucla.edu
Prefered Pronouns: he/him/his

The student math center (SMC)
For those of you who don't know, ucla has TAs on call to answer math questions Monday-Thursday 9am-3pm on the third floor of the math building (MS 3974). If you are looking for help with lower division courses you should come and check it out. I will be there Thursdays 2-3 pm for the Spring quarter (2024).
Past Teaching
  • Fall 2022: Math 33B (Differntial Equations) - Dis 2C and Dis 2D
  • Winter 2023: Math 31A (Calc 1) - Dis 1A and Dis 1B
  • Spring 2023: Math 106 (History of Math) - Dis 1A
  • Fall 2023: Math 32A (Multivariable Calc) - Dis 1E and Dis 1F
  • Fall 2023: Math 120A (Differntial Geometery: Curves and Surfaces) - Dis 1A
  • Winter 2024: Math 32B (Multivariable Calc 2) - Dis 1C , Dis 1D , Dis 3A , and Dis 3B
  • Current Teaching
  • Math 32A (Multivariable Calc 1) - Dis 3C and Dis 3D
    • Office Hours: Office Hours: Wednesdays 2-3pm (3-3:30 by appointment, email me and most weeks I can extend if requested)
    • Discussion notes, I have decided to try and type up some notes for this class, I will try to update them about once a week. Note that you can click on the titles in the table of contents and they hyperlink to that part of the pdf. Discussion notes 32A Spring 24
  • Math 170S (Intro to Probability and Statistics 2)- Dis 3A
    • Office Hours: Thursdays 10-11am.
  • Broad Mathematical Interests:
    Broadly I am interested in analysis and how it interacts with the fields of geometry, topology, and probability. I am currently reading about Optimal Transport and Wasserstein Metrics.
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