2018 Advanced topics in Geometry B

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Academic unit or major
Graduate major in Mathematics
Instructor(s)
Yamada Kotaro 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue3-4(H104)  
Group
-
Course number
MTH.B402
Credits
1
Academic year
2018
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2018/3/20
Lecture notes updated
2018/7/3
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

As a continuation of theory for surfaces in Euclidean space, the fundamentall theorem for surface theory and its applications, including a construction of constant mean curvature tori, are explained.

Student learning outcomes

Students are expected to learn
- the fundamental theorem for surface theory,
- and an outline of construction of constant mean curvature tori.

Keywords

The fundamental theorem for surface theory, Hopf's theorem, constant mean curvature tori

Competencies that will be developed

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

Class flow

A standard lecture course. Homeworks will be assined for each lesson.

Course schedule/Required learning

  Course schedule Required learning
Class 1 Linear ordinary differential equations Details will be provided during each class session
Class 2 Integrability conditions for systems of linear partial differential equations Details will be provided during each class session
Class 3 The fundamental theorem for surface theory Details will be provided during each class session
Class 4 Isothermal parameters and curvature line parameters Details will be provided during each class session
Class 5 Hopf's theorem Details will be provided during each class session
Class 6 A construction of constant mean curvature tori Details will be provided during each class session
Class 7 Principal curvature lines of constant mean curvature tori Details will be provided during each class session

Textbook(s)

No textbook is set.
Lecture note will be provided.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Masaaki Umehara and Kotaro Yamada, Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, Transl. by Wayne Rossman, World Scientific Publ., 2017, ISBN 978-9814740234 (hardcover); 978-9814740241 (softcover)
Katsuei Kenmotsu, Surfaces with constant mean curvature, Transl. by Katsuhiro Moriya, Translations of Mathematical Monographs, American Mathematical Society, 2003, ISBN 978-0821834794

Assessment criteria and methods

Graded by homeworks

Related courses

  • MTH.B211 : Introduction to Geometry I
  • MTH.B212 : Introduction to Geometry II
  • MTH.B301 : Geometry I
  • MTH.B302 : Geometry II

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

Knowledge on differential geometry of curves and surfaces (as in MTH.B211 "Introduction to Geometry I" and MTH.B212 "Introduction to
Geometry II", or Sections 1 to 10 of the text book "Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces" by M. Umehara and K.
Yamada), and knowledge of fundamental notions of differentable manifolds (MTH.301/MTH.302) are required.

Contact information (e-mail and phone)    Notice : Please replace from "[at]" to "@"(half-width character).

kotaro[at]math.titech.ac.jp

Office hours

N/A. Contact by E-mails, or at the classroom.

Other

For details, visit the web-site of this class http://www.math.titech.ac.jp/~kotaro/class/2018/geom-b

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