MAT 568
Differential Geometry I
Fall 2003

Instructor : Matthew Kudzin (Math Tower 2-118; 631-632-4422)

Office Hours : Monday and Wednesday, 9:00 -- 10:00 am, or by appointment

Class Times : Tuesday and Thursday, 12:50 -- 2:10 pm, in Old Chemistry 135

The required text is

• do Carmo, Riemannian Geometry

The following books are recommended

• Gallot, Hulin, & LaFontaine, Riemannian Geometry
• Spivak, A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry

The followings books are recommended for the section on curves and surfaces in R³.

• do Carmo, Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
• Millman & Parker, Elements of Differential Geometry
• O'Neill, Elementary Differential Geometry

Math is not a spectator sport.

-- Herman Gluck

Each student registered for the class should submit solutions to at least two problems every week.

• Problem Set #1 - September 4, 2003
• Problem Set #2 - September 10, 2003 (modified September 12, 2003)
• Problem Set #3 - September 18, 2003
• Problem Set #4 - September 28, 2003
• Problem Set #5 - October 3, 2003
• Problem Set #6 - October 16, 2003
• Problem Set #7 - October 23, 2003
• Problem Set #8 - November 13, 2003
• Problem Set #9 - November 25, 2003