2017 Advanced topics in Geometry C1

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Mathematics
Instructor(s)
Hattori Toshiaki 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Mon3-4(H115)  
Group
-
Course number
MTH.B407
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
3Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

The aim of this lecture is to familiarize the students with the basic language of
and some fundamental theorems in Riemannian geometry.
This course will be succeeded by [MTH.B408 : Advanced topics in Geometry D].

Student learning outcomes

Students are expexted to
・understand the definitions of Riemannian metric, sectional curvature, Ricci curvature, and scalar curvature.
・be familiar with the method of expressing them by using local coordinates of the underlying manifold.

Keywords

Riemannian metric, connection, covariant derivative, curvature tensor, Levi-Civita connection, sectional curvature, Ricci curvature, scalar curvature, Laplacian

Competencies that will be developed

Specialist skills Intercultural skills Communication skills Critical thinking skills Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Standard lecture course

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 The definition and examples of Riemannian metrics Details will be provided in class.
Class 2 The length of a curve, the distance and the volume form on a Riemannian manifold Details will be provided in class.
Class 3 Connection and covariant derivative, torsion tensor and curvature tensor Details will be provided in class.
Class 4 Bianchi's identity, extending a covariant derivative to diffenrential of (general) tensor fields Details will be provided in class.
Class 5 Levi-Civita connection and sectional curvature Details will be provided in class.
Class 6 Relationship between Gaussian curvature and sectional curvature, Ricci curvature and scalar curvature Details will be provided in class .
Class 7 Local expression of covariant derivative Details will be provided in class.
Class 8 Divergence and Green's theoem, Laplacian Details will be provided in class.

Textbook(s)

None required

Reference books, course materials, etc.

M.do Carmo, Riemannian Geometry, Birkhauser

Assessment criteria and methods

Exams and reports. Details will be provided in class.

Related courses

  • MTH.B301 : Geometry I
  • MTH.B302 : Geometry II
  • ZUA.B301 : Geometry I
  • MTH.B331 : Geometry III
  • MTH.B408 : Advanced topics in Geometry D1

Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)

Students are expected to have passed [Geometry I], [Geometry II] and [Geometry III].

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