Date | Topic | |
1 | 1/26 | Overview of the material, curves |
2 | 1/31 | Surfaces and graphs |
2/02 | Level sets | |
3 | 2/07 | The Implicit Functions Theorem |
2/09 | Regularity for curves | |
4 | 2/14 | Tangent spaces and regular surfaces |
2/16 | Reparametrization of curves | |
5 | 2/21 | Reparametrization of surfaces |
2/23 | Curves as graphs | |
6 | 2/28 | Local Inversion, surfaces as graphs |
3/02 | Arc length, shortest curves and unit speed reparametrization | |
7 | 3/07 | The first fundamental form |
3/09 | Midterm 1 | |
☆ | Spring Break | |
8 | 3/21 | Introduction to areas and plane integrals |
3/23 | Double integrals, surface areas | |
9 | 3/28 | Curvature of plane curves |
3/30 | The tangent angle, curvature of space curves | |
10 | 4/04 | Torsion, the Frenet frame |
4/06 | Midterm 2 | |
11 | 4/11 | The Frenet frame |
4/13 | The Darboux frame, geodesic and normal curvature | |
12 | 4/18 | Geodesics |
4/20 | The shape operator | |
13 | 4/25 | The second fundamental form |
4/27 | Principal curvatures | |
14 | 5/02 | Gaussian curvature |
5/04 | Gauss' Theorema Egregium | |
★ | 5/11 | Final Examination |