Instructor: Prof. Robert (Bob) Haslhofer
Website: http://www.math.toronto.edu/roberth/C63.html
Lectures: Tuesday 2--3 in HLB106 and Thursday 1--3 in IC328
Office Hours: Tuesday 12--1 in IA4132
Grading Scheme: Homework 20%, Midterm 30%, Final exam 50%
There will be 5 homework assignments. Your lowest homework score will be dropped. There will be no makeup test! (If you miss the midterm for a valid reason, your grade will be reweighted as Homework 30%, Final 70%.)Homework: via crowdmark
Weekly lecture notes: via quercus
Midterm Exam (in class): Feb 6 from 1--3
Final Exam: TBA
Prerequisites: MATB42 and MATB43
Textbook: T. Shifrin: Differential Geometry: A First Course in Curves and Surfaces
Secondary references:
M. Do Carmo: Differential geometry of curves and surfaces
A. Pressley: Elementary Differential Geometry
Topics to be covered: regular curves and surfaces in Euclidean space, local and global theory of curves, first and second fundamental form of surfaces, Gauss curvature and mean curvature, covariant derivative and parallel transport, Gauss-Bonnet theorem, geodesics, minimal surfaces and soap bubbles.