MAT 561 : Differential Geometry

Spring 2010 , Madison


Instructor: (TuTh 1:00-2:15pm at B235 Van Vleck Hall)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kalafat (kalafatmath.wisc.edu)
Office: 315 Van Vleck Hall.
Office hours: TuTh 12:15-1:00, 3:45-4:30.

Text: Elementary Differential Geometry by Barrett O'Neill, Revised 2nd Edition, Academic Press, 2006.
Auxiliary text: A First Course in Geometric Topology and Differential Geometry by Ethan D. Bloch. Birkhauser. 1997.


Some other helpful books:
Differential geometry, curves - surfaces - manifolds by Wolfgang Kuehnel.
Modern Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces with Mathematica by Gray, Abbena, Salamon.

Homework: Homework will be posted to the web once a week.
Please staple your homework whenever it consists of more than a single page.
Give details of your solutions. Yes/No or just answers are not enough.

Examinations: There will be two midterm examinations and a final examination.

Grades: Grades will be assigned on the following basis:
Homework 25%, Midterms 20% each, Final 35%.

Web page: The course web page is http://www.math.wisc.edu/~kalafat/uw561/.

Calendars: Academic , Monthly

Links:

  1. Relativity , Black Holes etc.
  2. Barrett O'Neill's web page.
  3. Roger Penrose.

SYLLABUS , HOMEWORK and ANNOUNCEMENTS