Instructor. Michael Anderson, Math Tower 4-101A.
E-mail: anderson@math.sunysb.edu, Phone: 632-8269.
Lectures: Tu/Th: 12:50-2:10, in Harriman 115.
Office Hours. MWF 1-2pm, and by appointment.
Course Description. The foundation of differential geometry is the
concept of curvature. The course will focus on understanding this and related
concepts very clearly, both geometrically and computationally, for the case of
surfaces in Euclidean space. For this, you'll need a solid background in
multivariable calculus and linear algebra. We hope to give some idea of how
curvature is understood in higher dimensions; this is the basis of Riemannian
geometry and General Relativity.
Prerequisites. MAT 205 (Calc III) and MAT 210 (Linear Algebra).
Text. Andrew Pressley, Elementary Differential Geometry, Springer Verlag, 2001.
This text is (or should be) in the bookstore, and you will need to have it.
There are many other good texts on this subject. Some other sources you
might like to look at are:
Assignments and Grading. There will be one Midterm Exam, (date to be
announced), and one Final Exam.
There will be regular homework assignments, due roughly once per week. Your
grade will be determined via the following percentages:
The Take Home Final Exam is here. The exam is due on Tuesday, May 9, 3pm.
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