Syllabus for Roster(s):
- 13F MATH 7820-001 (CGAS)
In the UVaCollab course site: Diff Top I Fall 2013
Course Description (for SIS)
Differential topology is the study of smooth manifolds, which are generalizations of curves and surfaces in space. The course begins with a rapid introduction to point-set topology, then a review of tools from multivariable real analysis. The main topics of the course include definition and construction of smooth manifolds, tangent spaces, vector fields and flows, neighborhood theorems, and transversality. Additional topics may include degree theory, intersection theory, and differential forms on manifolds.