Classical Differential Geometry (ΓΕ1)

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General

School School of Science
Academic Unit Department of Mathematics
Level of Studies Graduate
Course Code ΓΕ1
Semester 1
Course Title Classical Differential Geometry
Independent Teaching Activities Lectures (Weekly Teaching Hours: 3, Credits: 7.5)
Course Type Special Background
Prerequisite Courses

Topology, Calculus of Several Variables, Complex Analysis.

Language of Instruction and Examinations

Greek

Is the Course Offered to Erasmus Students

Yes (in English).

Course Website (URL) See eCourse, the Learning Management System maintained by the University of Ioannina.

Learning Outcomes

Learning outcomes

In this lecture we introduce basic notions of Classical Differential Geometry. More precisely, we introduce among others the notions of a manifold as a subset of the Euclidean space. Then, we present various local and global theorems concerning minimal submanifolds.

General Competences
  • Work autonomously.
  • Work in teams.
  • Develop critical thinking skills.

Syllabus

  • Manifolds of the Euclidean space.
  • Tangent and normal bundles.
  • 1st and 2nd fundamental forms.
  • Weingarten operator and Gauss map.
  • Convex hypersurfaces.
  • Hadamard’s Theorem.
  • 1st and 2nd variation of area.
  • Minimal submanifolds.
  • Weierstrass representation.
  • Bernstein’s Τheorem.

Teaching and Learning Methods - Evaluation

Delivery

Face-to-face.

Use of Information and Communications Technology -
Teaching Methods
Activity Semester Workload
Lectures 39
Autonomous Study 78
Solution of Exercises - Homeworks 70.5
Course total 187.5
Student Performance Evaluation

Weakly HomeWorks, presentations of the HomeWorks in the blackboard, written final examination.

Attached Bibliography

  • M. do Carmo, Riemannian Geometry, Birkhaüser Boston, Inc., Boston, MA, 1992.
  • J. Jost, Riemannian Geometry and Geometric Analysis, Universitext, Springer, 2017.
  • J. Lee, Introduction to smooth manifolds, Second edition, Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 218, Springer, 2013.
  • Δ. Κουτρουφιώτης, Διαφορική Γεωμετρία, Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων, 1994.