Autumn 2020 - Differential Geometry

This is an MSc elective course on the geometry of curves and surfaces. A broad

overview of the syllabus can be found here under MA 556.

Schedule: The class meets twice a week, Monday/Thurday, 2 pm - 3.25 pm.

References and books:

The main text book for the course is

Christian Baer, Elementary differential geometry. Translated from the 2001 German

original by P. Meerkamp. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010. xii+317 pp.

Supplementary reference material will be

Barrett O'Neill, Elementary differential geometry. Revised second edition.

Elsevier/Academic Press, Amsterdam, 2006. xii+503 pp.

Contact information:

Email: mathmukherjee@gmail.com or mukherjee@math.iitb.ac.in

Office: B1-B, Math Department (in the basement)