Ko Honda

Professor of Mathematics — UCLA

Office MS 7919 Email honda at math dot ucla dot edu Mailing 520 Portola Plaza, Box 951555, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1555 Office Hours (Spring 2026) Fridays 1–1:50 pm

Teaching

Spring 2026

Math 235: Contact Geometry
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Winter 2026

Math 132: Complex Analysis for Applications
Schedule
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Fall 2025

Math 234: Fukaya Categories
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Winter 2025

Math 225B: Differential Topology
Schedule
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Fall 2024

Math 226B: Symplectic Geometry
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Spring 2024

Math 225C: Algebraic Topology
Schedule
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Winter 2024

Math 121: Introduction to Topology
Schedule
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Fall 2023

Math 226B: Fukaya Categories
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Spring 2022

Math 226B: Symplectic Geometry
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Winter 2022

Math 121: Introduction to Topology
Schedule
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Fall 2021

Math 225A: Differentiable Manifolds
Math 290F: Hilbert Schemes on Surfaces (Wed)
Math 290F: Topology Seminars (Fri)

Winter 2021

Math 235: Fukaya Categories
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Fall 2020

Math 115A: Linear Algebra
Schedule
Math 225A: Differentiable Manifolds
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Spring 2020

Math 115A: Linear Algebra
Schedule
Math 290F: Participating Topology Seminar

Research

Preprints and Papers

Graduate Students

David CrombecquePh.D. 2006
Roman GolovkoPh.D. 2009
Sandra RitzPh.D. 2010
Supap KirtsaengPh.D. 2010
Yang HuangPh.D. 2012
Russell AvdekPh.D. 2013
Yin TianPh.D. 2014
Andrew WilliamsPh.D. 2015
Bahar AcuPh.D. 2017
Michael MenkePh.D. 2018
Bin TianPh.D. 2018
Jacob RooneyPh.D. 2018
Sangjin LeePh.D. 2019
Austin ChristianPh.D. 2021
Tianyu YuanPh.D. 2021
Joe BreenPh.D. 2022
Eilon Reisin-TzurPh.D. 2023
Indraneel TambePh.D. 2025
Roman Krutowskicurrent
Jung Joo Suhcurrent
Harahm Parkcurrent

Course Notes

Differential Geometry — First Semester Homework
Differential Geometry — Second Semester
3-Dimensional Contact Geometry
Complex Analysis
Topological Quantum Field Theory (TQFT) — guide to Kohno's book