MAT 531: Topology and Geometry II

Spring 2018

Department of Mathematics
SUNY at Stony Brook

Course Description: This course is an introduction to the basic structures and concepts of smooth manifolds. Topics to be covered include: foundations of differentiable manifolds, differentiable maps, vector fields and flows, differential forms and integration on manifolds, Stokes' theorem, Froebenius' theorem, Lie derivatives, immersions and submersions, de Rham cohomology, cochain complexes, degree of a map, Mayer-Vietoris Theorem.

Textbook: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds, by John M. Lee, 2nd Edition, Springer, 2012.

Instructor: Marcus Khuri, Math Tower 3-122. Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:30-4:00pm. Email: khuri@math.sunysb.edu

Course Assistants: Aleksander Doan, Math Tower 2-106. Office Hours: Wednesdays from 12:00-1:00pm in office, and Wednesdays from 10:00am-12:00pm in MLC. Email: aleksander.doan@stonybrook.edu

Class schedule: TuTh 10:00-11:20am, Mathematics 4-130

Homework: Homework is a fundamental part of this course, and you will have to work hard on the assigned problems in order to succeed. Assignments will be posted on the course website at the beginning of each week, and will be due on Wednesday of the following week at 3pm. A box or envelop will be placed outside the office of the course assistant, where you may turn in your homework. Late homework will not be accepted. Homework will account for 50% of the total grade.

Homework 1 (Due 1/31) - §1: 5, 6, 7; §2: 5, 7, 10, 14;

Homework 2 (Due 2/7) - §3: 3, 4, 6; §4: 5, 6, 8;

Homework 3 (Due 2/14) - §4: 10, 13; §5: 4, 6, 7, 10, 11;

Homework 4 (Due 2/21) - §8: 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16;

Homework 5 (Due 3/7) - §9: 2, 5, 17, 18; §19: 4, 5, 12;

Midterm Examination in class on 3/1 -- it covers sections 1-5, 8, 9, 19.

Homework 6 (Due 3/21) - §12: 2, 9, 10, 11, 12;

Homework 7 (Due 3/28) - §14: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9;

Homework 8 (Due 4/4) - §15: 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 16;

Homework 9 (Due 4/11) - §16: 2, 4, 6, 12, 14, 15, 17;

Homework 10 (Due 4/18) - §17: 1, 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13;

Homework 11 (Due 4/25) - §17: 6, 7; §18: 1, 2, 7, 8, 9;

Homework 12 (Due 5/9) - Problems.

Exams: There will be an in class midterm as well as a final, each respectively accounting for 20% and 30% of the total grade. The midterm exam will be held on Thursday, March 1, in class. The final exam will be in our usual classroom on Friday, May 11, 11:15am-1:45pm. By enrolling in this course, you are attesting to the fact that you will be available for the exams at these times.

 
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