An Introduction to Manifolds
Class on Thursday, December 1st
Syllabus:
Regular class: Mondays 15:30 - 17:15
Recitation:
Teaching assistent:
- Simone Munao, email: smunao@few.vu.nl
Office hours:
Books:
- Course Notes: pdf, preliminary version.
- An Introduction to Manifolds, by Loring Tu, ISBN 978-1-4419-7399-3.
Exams:
- Take home exercises: pdf, due November 17.
- Exam 2011: pdf.
Homework:
- 8/9/11: Sect. 1: 1.1-1.6, 1.8.
Sect. 2: 2.1, 2.2, 2.4
- 15/9/11: Sect. 3: 3.1-3.9
- 22/9: Sect. 4: 4.1-4.6
- 29/9: Sect. 5: 5.1-5.3, 5.5. From course notes: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 17
- 6/10: From course notes: 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 12, 13, 17. Sect: 6: 6.1, 6.2, 6.4
- 13/10: Sect. 6: 6.4, Sect. 7: 7.1, 7.6, 7.7, 7.9
- 20/10: Sect. 8: 8.1 - 8.7, 8.10
- 3/11: Sect. 9: 9.1 - 9.10
- 10/11: Sect. 11: 11.1, 11.3, Sect. 12: 12.2. From course notes: 22, 26, 33, 34, 36, 55, 57
- 17/11: Sect. 14: 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, Sect. 17: 1, 2, 3, 6
- 24/11: Sect. 18: 18.2, 18.3, Sect. 19: 19.1 - 19.3. From course notes: 80 - 84.
- 5/12: Lemma 16.2 and examples 16.4-16.6. Hand-in homework.
- 8/12: From course notes: 107 - 118.
- 15/12: Sect. 25: 25.1 - 25.4, Sect. 26: 26.2, Sect. 28: 28.2.
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