MWF 12pm-1pm, 4C8 DRL
A Note about the Textbook.
We will be using Introduction to Smooth Manifolds by John Lee. I have just been informed by the bookstore that the first edition is now ``Out of Print" (probably pending release of the second edition), but I believe both new and used copies should be available through Amazon or other means (and it might be a good idea to get a copy sooner rather than later!). Please contact me if you have any problem finding a copy.
Homework Assignments
Note: Lee has some exercises labeled like 1.4 (found within the body of the chapter) and some labeled like 1-4 (found at the end of the chapter).
- Homework Set 1, due 14 September
- Homework Set 2, due 28 September
- Homework Set 3, due 12 October
- Homework Set 3.5
- Homework Set 4, due 2 November
- Homework Set 5, due 19 November
- Homework Set 6
Midterm Exam: in class, Wednesday, 24 October
Exam 2, due 18 December
my lecture notes
Seminar
The seminar meets 5.30-6.30pm on Wednesdays in 4N49.
Seminar speakers:
- 19 September: Neel Patel, ``The Long Line"
- 26 September: Robert Chang, ``The Grassmannians as Smooth Manifolds"
- 3 October: Sea Moon Cho, ``Automorphisms of the Torus"
- 17 October: Josh Rosenberg,``Lie Groups"
- 24 October: Aria Anavi, ``The Inverse Function Theorem"
- 26 October: Zachary Charles, ``Some Vector Bundle Constructions" during the usual class time
- 31 October: Xiaofei Jin, ``A Proof of Sard's Theorem"
- 7 November: Kevin Shi, ``Morse Theory"
- 15 November: Xin Wang, ``Symplectic Forms and Symplectic Manifolds"
- 28 November: Jake Robins, ``Introduction to Sheaves"