SYLLABUS
Each pair of weeks corresponds roughly to a chapter of notes.
Weeks | Topic |
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1-2 | Multilinear algebra, Tensors, Exterior forms |
3-4 | Vector fields and differential forms on open subsets of n-dimensional euclidean space |
5-6 | Integral calculus via forms, Sard's Theorem, Degree theory |
7-8 | Vector fields and forms on manifolds, Stokes's Theorem, Divergence Theorem, Degree theory for manifolds, Gauss-Bonnet Theorem |
9-10 | De Rham theory (cohomology groups of differential manifolds) |
11-12 | More de Rham theory, intersection theory |