Lecture:

The lectures will be at the department. We might go online if the numbers go up. Videos can be found here: Lectures

Classes: Sept 9, 16, 23, 30; Oct 7, 14, 21; Nov 4, 11, 18, 25; Dec 2, 9.

All lectures are 14-16 on Thursdays.

In addition to the Lectures, there are discussion sessions run by the TAs on Mondays, 16-18 starting September 13. The TAs are Toby Hackmann (toby.hackmann at gmail dot com) and Koen Looijmans (koen.looijmans at gmail dot com).

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us. My email address is mhablicsek@gmail.com.

Exam:

Exam: Jan 19, Room: 312, Time: 14:15-17:15. Practice exam: MockExam

There will be a Retake exam, on Mar 28. Room: 174, time 10:15-13:15.

Office hours:

By appointment. Feel free to email me ANYTIME. My email address is mhablicsek@gmail.com. I reply to any email in 24 hours.

Textbook:

Manfredo P. Do Carmo: Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces

Notes from last year: Lecture Book

Material:

1. Multivariate differentiation: implicit function theorem, inverse function theorem

2. Curves: Parametrized curves, curvature, canonical form and global properties of plane curves

3. Surfaces: Regular surfaces, tangent planes, fundamental forms, orientation, Gauss-map, parallel-transport, geodesics, Gauss-Bonnet theorem

4. Introduction to Topological Manifolds: Classification of surfaces, Whitney's embedding theorem

Grading:

20% homework, 80% exam. Homeworks can be found here: Homeworks .

The homework score will be the average of the scores on the homework sets except that the two worst homework scores will be ignored.

Cheating and other academic misconducts will not be tolerated.

Brightspace:

The course also has a Brightspace page. Please, register there as well. (as well as in USIS)

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