Math
704, Theory of Manifolds II
Spring 2008
Lectures: TuTh 1:00-2:30,
Lederle 1234
Instructor: Tom Braden
Office: LGRT 1240 Phone: 545-1732
email: braden <at> math
Office hours: (tentatively)
Wednesdays 2:30-4:00 and Thursdays 2:30-3:30
Description: Continuation of
Math 703. Topics
include: Vector bundles, differential forms,
exterior differential, de Rham cohomology, Riemannian metrics,
connections, curvature.
Text: Introduction to Smooth
Manifolds, by John M. Lee. A
list of corrections to the first edition. This will take us through
approximately the first half of the semester. After that, when we
get more heavily into Riemannian geometry, I will use Lee's Riemannian
Manifolds: an Introduction to Curvature.
Exams: There will be one final
exam, to be scheduled.
Homework:
Homework #1 Due in the problem
session Friday 2/15
Homework #2
Due Friday 2/29
Homework #3 Due
Friday 4/4
Homework #4 Due Friday
4/25
Homework #5 Due Wednesday
5/14