Graduate Student

Department of Mathematics

Michigan State University

Research Interests: Low dimensional topology from the perspective gauge theory and Floer homology, contact topology

Email: soivan "at" msu.edu

Office: C537 Wells Hall, 619 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824

My CV.

Math-related:

• I keep solutions of famous text in various subject.

• Useful online resources for learning purpose. 

• Here are some mathematical texts that I really like.

Other things about me:

• I speak and read 4 languages: Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Japanese; barely understand French. I hope (my pipe dream) I can speak 10 languages (also Russian, German, Spanish, Hebrew, Arabian) when I arrive my thirties.

• Literatures are my primary reasons to be a polyglot.

• I keep a booklist of what I have read.

• Other than literature, I am a national park goer (current progress: 11/63).

Last Updated: 10/23/2025