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401-3532-DRL 3 Credits DR D-MATH
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Differential Geometry II

Lecturers & Examiners: Prof. Dr. Joaquim Serra
Only for ETH D-MATH doctoral students and for doctoral students from the Institute of Mathematics at UZH. The latter need to send an email to Jessica Bolsinger ( ) with the course number. The email should have the subject „Graduate course registration (ETH)“.
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Abstract

This is a continuation course of Differential Geometry I. Topics covered include:Introduction to Riemannian geometry: Riemannian manifolds, Levi-Civita connection, geodesics, Hopf-Rinow Theorem, curvature, second fundamental form, Riemannian submersions and coverings, Hadamard-Cartan Theorem, triangle and volume comparison, and isoperimetric inequalities.

Objective

Providing an introductory invitation to Riemannian geometry.

Resources

Literature

- M. P. do Carmo, Riemannian Geometry, Birkhäuser 1992 - I. Chavel, "Riemannian Geometry: A Modern Introduction" 2nd ed. (2006), CUP, - S. Gallot, D. Hulin, J. Lafontaine, Riemannian Geometry, Springer 2004 - S. Kobayashi, K. Nomizu "Foundations of Differential Geometry" Volume I (1963) Wiley,

Learning Materials (Links)

General Information

Language
English
Levels
DR
Frequency
Yearly recurring

Examination

Type
ungraded semester performance

Registration & Places

Priority: Registration for the course unit is only possible for the primary target group

Course Components

Type Title Time & Place Hours
lecture Differential Geometry II
  • Mon 14:15-16:00 (HG G 5)
  • Thu 10:15-12:00 (CAB G 11)
4 h weekly
exercise Differential Geometry II
Groups are selected in myStudies. Fri 9-10 or Fri 10-11
  • Fri 09:15-10:00 (HG E 1.1)
  • Fri 10:15-11:00 (HG E 1.1)
1 h weekly

Offered In

  • Doctorate Mathematics (More Information at: )
    • Subject Specialisation (The list of courses (together with the allocated credit points) eligible for doctoral students is published each semester in the newsletter of the ZGSM.)
      • Graduate School (Official website of the Zurich Graduate School in Mathematics: In addition to the 401-....-DRL course units, adapted versions for doctoral students of the following course units: 263-4400-00L Advanced Graph Algorithms and Optimization 401-3902-21L Network & Integer Optimization: From Theory to Application 401-3904-22L Convex Optimization 401-3629-00L Quantitative Risk Management 401-3652-00L Numerical Methods for Hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations 151-0530-00L Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos II 227-0434-10L Mathematics of Information 401-4490-22L Topology Optimization of Engineering Systems ... (continued ))