Math 104

Winter 2016

Topics in Topology

Lecture Plan

 

This lecture plan is tentative and will be updated irregularly. The homework page will be updated on the regular basis

 

Lectures

Sections in Text

Brief Description

Monday January 4

Chapter 1

Topological manifolds and their properties. Examples.

Wednesday January 6

Chapter 1

Smooth structures, atlases, Examples of smooth manifolds, manifolds with boundary

Friday January 8

Chapter 2

Smooth functions and smooth maps, diffeomorphisms

Monday January 11

Chapter 2

Partitions of Unity

Wednesday January 13

Chapter 2

Partitions of Unity Continuation

Friday January 15

Chapter 3

Tangent vectors and derivations

Monday January 18

MLK day classes moved to x-hour

 

 

Tuesday January 19

x-hour instead of the class on January 18

Chapter 3

Pushforwards and computation in coordinates

Wednesday January 20

Chapter 3

Tangent space to a manifold with boundary, tangent vectors to curves, alternative definitions of tangent vectors

Friday January 22

Chapter 4

Tangent bundle, Vector fields on manifolds

Monday January 25

Chapter 4

Pushforwards of vector fields, Lie algebra of vector fields

Wednesday January 27

Chapter 5

Vector bundles and examples, local and global sections of vector bundles

Friday January 29

Chapter 5

Bundle maps and constructions with bundles

Monday February 1

Chapter 6

Covectors and tangent convectors on manifolds, cotangent bundle

Tuesday February 2

x-hour

Chapter 6

Differential of a function, pullbacks

Wednesday February 3

Chapter 7

Maps of constant rank, Inverse function theorem

Friday February 5

Chapter 7

Proof of inverse function theorem

Monday February 8

Middle of the term presentation and discussion Monday February 8-Friday February 12

Chapter 7

Rank Theorem, Implicit Function Theorem

Wednesday February 10

Chapter 7

Immersions, submersions and constant rank maps between manifolds

Friday February 12

Chapter 8

Embedded Submanifolds

Monday February 15

Chapter 8

Immersed Submanifolds

Wednesday February 17

Chapter 11

Algebra of tensors and tensor fields on manifolds

Friday February 19

Chapter 12

Algebra of alternating tensors, differential forms

Monday February 22

Chapter 12

Wedge product

Wednesday February 24

Chapter 12

Exterior Derivative, cohomology

Friday February 26

Chapter 13

Orientation, orientation of the boundary of a manifold

Monday February 29

Chapter 14

Fubini Theorem without proof, Integration of differential forms on manifolds

Wednesday March 2

Chapter 14

Stokes Theorem

Friday March 4

Chapter 14

Stokes Theorem continuation

Monday March 7

Chapter 14

Vector calculus theorems and their relation to the Stokes Theorem. Bordism groups and the pairing between cohomology and bordism groups given by the Stokes Theorem.

Tuesday March 8

x-hour

Chapter 14

Vector calculus theorems and their relation to the Stokes Theorem. Bordism groups and the pairing between cohomology and bordism groups given by the Stokes Theorem.

End of the term presentation and discussion Wednesday March 9 – Saturday March 12