MATH-UA 377 Differential Geometry Spring 2022 Calendar
Week Date Topics Links
1 Tuesday
1/25/2022
  • Deductive logic
  • Course logistics
  • Abstract linear algebra
Slides
Recording
Thursday
1/27/2022
  • Abstract Linear Algebra
    • Linear subspaces
    • Basis and dimension
    • Change of basis and coordinates
  • Affine Geometry
    • Geometry of points and vectors
    • Affine space
    • Affine basis
    • Geometry of vector and affine spaces
Slides
Recording
2 Tuesday
2/1/2022
  • Linear and Affine Maps
    • Linear functions and maps
    • Linear map with respect to basis
    • Spaces of linear functions, maps, and transformations
    • Affine functions and maps
    • Affine map with respect to basis
    • Affine transformations
Slides
Recording
Thursday
2/3/2022
  • Inner product space
    • Dot product on \(\mathbb{R}^m\)
    • Cauchy-Schwarz inequality
    • Triangle inequality
    • Pythagorean theorem
    • Positive definite symmetric bilinear function
    • Inner product space
    • Euclidean space
Slides
Recording
3 Tuesday
2/8/2022
  • Euclidean geometry
    • Euclidean space
    • Distance between two points
    • Orthogonal maps
    • Rigid motions
Slides
Recording
Thursday
2/10/2022
  • Parameterized curves in affine and Euclidean space
    • Velocity, acceleration
    • Speed, arclength
    • Curvature
Slides
Recording
4 Tuesday
2/15/2022
  • Orientation of affine space
  • Geometry of curves in Euclidean \(2\)-space
    • Orientation of a parameterized curve
    • Curvature
    • Frenet-Serret frame
    • Frenet-Serret equations
Slides
Recording
Thursday
2/17/2022
  • Winding and Rotation Numbers of a Closed Planar Curve
Slides
Recording
5 Tuesday
2/22/2022
  • Geometry of curves in Euclidean \(3\)-space
    • Frenet-Serret frame and equations
Slides
Recording
Thursday
2/24/2022
  • Geometry of curves in Euclidean \(3\)-space
    • Frenet-Serret frame and equations
    • Curvature and torsion
  • Spherical Curves
Slides
No recording available
Supplement
  • Spherical Crofton Formula
  • Fenchel's theorem
  • Fary-Milnor theorem
Slides
6 Tuesday
3/1/2022
  • Open sets in \(\mathbb{R}^2\)
  • \(C^1\) maps and their partial derivatives
  • Parameterized surfaces in \(\mathbb{A}^3\)
Slides
Recording
Thursday
3/3/2022
  • Parameterized surface
  • Coordinate chart
  • Global surface
  • Tangent Space of a Surface
Slides
Recording
7 Tuesday
3/8/2022
  • Differential calculus on affine space
    • Directional derivative
    • Differential of a function
  • Differential calculus on a parameterized surface
    • Directional derivative
    • Differential of a function
Slides
Recording
Thursday
3/10/2022
  • Dual vector space
    • Linear functions of a vector space
    • Dual basis
  • Multilinear algebra
    • Tensors
    • Symmetric and antisymmetric \(2\)-tensors
Slides
Recording
8 Tuesday
3/15/2022
No class, Spring Break
Thursday
3/17/2022
No class, Spring Break
9 Tuesday
3/22/2022
  • Dual vector space
  • Tensors
  • Symmetric and antisymmetric \(2\)-tensors
  • Tensor, symmetric, and wedge products
Slides
Recording
Thursday
3/24/2022
Midterm
10 Tuesday
3/29/2022
  • Notation
  • Exterior derivative of $0$-form
  • Pullback of \(1\)-form on parameterized curve
Thursday
3/31/2022
  • Coordinate Vector fields and \(1\)-forms
  • Exterior derivative of function
  • Line integral
Slides
Recording
11 Tuesday
4/5/2022
  • Line integral
  • Fundamental Theorem of Line Integrals
Slides
Recording
Thursday
4/7/2022
  • Integration on a rectangular region in \(\mathbb{R}^m\)
  • Integral of differential form on oriented rectangular region
  • Fundamental theorem of calculus on a rectangular region
  • Integral of $2$-form over a parameterized domain
Slides
Recording
12 Tuesday
4/12/2022
  • Orientation of a rectangular surface in \(\mathbb{R}^3\)
  • Integration on an oriented rectangular surface
  • Stokes's Theorem for an oriented rectangular suface
  • Integration on a surface
Slides
Lecture
Recording
Thursday
4/14/2022
  • Moving frames on affine space
Slides
Recording
13 Tuesday
4/19/2022
  • Moving frames on Euclidean space
Slides
Recording
Thursday
4/21/2022
  • Surface in Euclidean space
    • First fundamental form
    • Adapted orthonormal frame and co-frame
    • Structure equations
    • Gauss map
    • Weingarten map
    • Second fundamental form
Slides
Recording
14 Tuesday
4/26/2022
  • Local 2-Manifold
  • Atlas of Coordinate Charts
  • Tangent, Cotangent, Tensor Bundles
  • Riemannian metric
Slides
Recording
Thursday
4/28/2022
  • Riemannian Metric on a Local 2-Manifold
  • Orthonormal Frame
  • Uniqueness of Connection 1-Form
  • Gauss Curvature
  • Adapted Orthonormal Frame for Curve in a Manifold
  • Geodesic Curvature
Slides
15 Tuesday
5/3/2022
  • Geometric Meaning of Connection 1-Form
  • Line integral of Connection 1-Form Along Oriented Curve
  • Line integral of Connection 1-Form Around Boundary of Rectangular 2-Manifold
  • Gauss-Bonnet Theorem for Rectangular 2-Manifold
Slides
Recording
Thursday
5/5/2022
  • Gauss-Bonnet Theorem
Slides
Recording
16 Thursday
5/12/2022
12-1:50pm
Final, CIWW 517