2017 Advanced courses in Geometry B

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Academic unit or major
Mathematics
Instructor(s)
Yamada Kotaro 
Class Format
Lecture     
Media-enhanced courses
Day/Period(Room No.)
Tue3-4(H115)  
Group
-
Course number
ZUA.B332
Credits
1
Academic year
2017
Offered quarter
2Q
Syllabus updated
2017/3/17
Lecture notes updated
-
Language used
Japanese
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Course description and aims

As a generalization of theory of surfaces in Euclidean 3-space, differential geometry of surfaces in 3-dimensional non-flat space forms (the sphere/the hyperbolic space) is introduced. In particular, existence of local isometric correspondence between constant mean curvature surfaces in Euclidean 3-space and those in 3-sphere/hyperbolic 3-space (a.k.a. Lawson correpondence) is shown.

Student learning outcomes

Students are expected to know
- the fundamental theorem for surfaces in the 3-sphere and the hyperbolic 3-space,
- local isometric correspondence of surfaces of constant mean curvature in space forms
- and a method to construct constant mean curvature surfaces in space forms.

Keywords

the fundamental theorem for surface theory, constant mean curvature surfaces, a local isometric correspondence for
constant mean curvature surfaces in space forms, Lawson correspondence

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 Space forms (the sphere, the Euclidean space and the hyperbolic space) Details will be provided during each class session
Class 2 Surfaces in 3-dimensional space forms Details will be provided during each class session
Class 3 Totally umbilic surfaces Details will be provided during each class session
Class 4 Gauss-Weingarten formula Details will be provided during each class session
Class 5 The fundamental theorem for surfaces in space forms Details will be provided during each class session
Class 6 Surfaces of constant mean curvature, local isometric correspondence Details will be provided during each class session
Class 7 Constructing constant mean curvature surfaces Details will be provided during each class session
Class 8 (Delaunay surfaces and Wente 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, to be published in 2017.

Assessment criteria and methods

Graded by homeworks

Related courses

  • MTH.B211 : Introduction to Geometry I
  • MTH.B212 : Introduction to Geometry II
  • ZUA.B331 : Advanced courses in Geometry A

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 space forms (e.g. ZUA.B331) 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/2017/geom-a

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