Date | Topic | |
1 | 1/22 | Overview of the material, parametrizations |
1/24 | Graphs and level sets | |
2 | 1/27 | The Implicit Functions Theorem |
1/29 | Tangent vectors | |
1/31 | Tangent spaces and regular surfaces | |
3 | 2/03 | Diffeomorphisms, reparametrization of curves |
2/05 | Reparametrization of surfaces | |
2/07 | Curves as graphs | |
4 | 2/10 | The Local Inverse Theorem |
2/12 | Surfaces as graphs, wrap-up of Chapter 2 | |
2/14 | Arc length | |
5 | 2/17 | Shortest curves and unit speed reparametrization |
2/19 | Quadratic forms | |
2/21 | Snow day | |
6 | 2/24 | The First Fundamental Form |
2/26 | Introduction to areas and plane integrals | |
2/28 | Midterm 1 | |
7 | 3/02 | Double integrals |
3/04 | Surface areas | |
3/06 | Curvature of plane curves | |
8 | Spring Break | |
9 | 3/16 | No class |
3/18 | No class | |
3/20 | Online meeting | |
10 | 3/23 | Curvature of unit speed curves, the tangent angle - online |
3/25 | Curvature of space curves, torsion - online | |
3/27 | The Frenet frame, Frenet formulas - online | |
11 | 3/30 | The Darboux Frame, normal and geodesic curvatures - online |
4/01 | Properties of the normal curvature - online | |
4/03 | The shape operator - online | |
12 | 4/06 | The Second Fundamental Form - online |
4/08 | Principal curvatures - online | |
4/10 | Classification of points on surfaces - online | |
13 | 4/13 | Review - online |
4/15 | Midterm 2 | |
4/17 | Gaussian curvature - online | |
14 | 4/20 | No class |
4/22 | Christoffel symbols, intrinsic geometry - online | |
4/24 | Proof of Gauss' Theorema Egregium - online | |
15 | 4/27 | Isometries and gaussian curvature - online |
4/29 | Examples and wrap-up - online | |
5/01 | Review - online | |
★ | 5/04 | Final Examination |