spring 2023
math 546 · manifolds
Lie groups and Lie algebras, vector fields, flows, and the Lie derivative.
- teaching assistant
- Alex Waugh
- textbook
- Introduction to Smooth Manifolds
- syllabus
- Course Information & Syllabus
- problem session
- Tu 13:30-14:20 in THO 217
- office hours
- W 12:30-13:30 with Alex in C-132, Th 15-16 (and by appointment) with Kyle in C-442
Students are strongly encouraged to typeset their work in . You can get started easily with Overleaf. To facilitate your typesetting, for (nearly) all URL's on this site ending in .pdf, you can change the suffix to .tex to access the source code.
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week 127 March - 31 March
week 23 April - 7 April
fri apr 7
- Lie algebras
- readingpp. 189–198
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week 310 April - 14 April
fri apr 14
- Vector bundles
- readingpp. 249–267
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week 417 April - 21 April
fri apr 21
- Line integrals and conservative covector fields
- readingpp. 287–298
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week 524 April - 28 April
fri apr 28
- Differential forms
- readingpp. 349–372
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week 61 May - 5 May
week 78 May - 12 May
fri may 12
- Homotopy invariance and Mayer-Vietoris
- readingpp. 443–456
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week 815 May - 19 May
fri may 19
- The de Rham theorem
- readingpp. 480–486
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week 922 May - 26 May
wed may 24
- The tangent-cotangent isomorphism
- readingpp. 337–343
fri may 26
- Quotient manifolds
- readingpp. 540–559
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week 1029 May - 2 June
mon may 29no class
- Memorial Day, no class
wed may 31review
- Review
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fri jun 2review
- Review
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- noteHomework due: none.
finals week5 June - 9 June
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