Math 162B (45190) - Winter Quarter 2009
Introduction to Differential Geometry
Lecturer Neil Donaldson
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Office Rowland Hall
410N
Office Hours After
lecture MWF until we're done...
Phone 824-5508
Email
ndonalds@math.uci.edu
Lecture Times MWF 9-10
MSTB 114
Discussion Session
(45191) TuTh 9-10pm RH 114
Teaching Assistant
Feiyue Di
Office Rowland Hall
410W
Office Hours Tu 10-11
Syllabus & Course
Text The course continues on from 162A with more
applications of calculus and linear algebra to the geometry
surfaces. We will cover exterior calculus, moving frames,
geodesics, integration and geodesic triangles, culminating in
the Gauss-Bonnet theorem. 162B ties in very roughly with parts
of the first 4 chapters of DoCarmo's Differential Geometry
of Curves and Surfaces, but we will cover things in a very
different style.
Homework question sheets and summary notes will be posted each
week on the Homework questions site -
as such there is no need to buy the book, though it will
surely be a useful companion to those who want a complementing
read.
Assessment The final
grade for the course will be computed as follows: Final 50%,
Midterm 24%, Homework 25%, Final Evaluation 1%.
- There will be Homework
questions set for collection most weeks, graded and given
back to you.
- There will be NO quizzes in the discussion classes.
- There will be a single midterm in class on Wed 4th
Feb.
- The final is on Wed 18th March, 8-10am in the classroom
MSTB 114, and will be comprehensive.
Class policies These are
very simple: no late homework (one will be dropped so you can
forget to hand it in once without penalty), no rescheduling of
the final, and no begging for me to change your grade unless
it's because of a specific mistake in the grading.