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)