Mondays-Wednesdays-Fridays 11-12, in Cupples I, room 111.
| Instructor | phone | office | office hours (tentative) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renato Feres | 5-6752 | Cupples I 17 | feres@math.wustl.edu | MWF 2-3 and TuTh 3-4 (also by appoint.) |
The textbook is: An Introduction to Differentiable Manifolds and Riemannian Geometry, by William M. Boothby (Academic Press).
Topics. The course will include: an overview of calculus of functions of several variables; differentiable manifolds and submanifolds; vector fields and tensors; elements of Riemannian manifolds; differential forms and integration on manifolds.
Homeworks and exams: There will be (roughly) weekly homework sets, worth 30% of the final grade, one midterm exam, worth 30%, and a final exam, worth 40%. The dates are as follows:
| Exam | Day | time | place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midterm | Wednesday - October 16 | 11-12 | Cupples I 111 |
| Final | Friday - December 20 | 1-3pm | Cupples I 111 |