Yan's Math Site


Graduate Student
UCLA Mathematics Department
Los Angeles, CA, USA 90095-1555
Office Math Sciences 3903
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E-Mail ytao at math .ucla .edu

I am a second-year PhD student at UCLA studying knot theory and low-dimensional topology under Sucharit Sarkar. Before that, I was an undergrad Regents Scholar at UCLA.

In addition to research math, I enjoy competition math - nowadays moreso writing competition problems and training people for competitions more than solving the problems.

Qualifying Exams

I have passed both of my qualifying exams upon entry into the program. Below are past exam questions that I solved in preparation.

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