INTRODUCTION TO MANIFOLDS

MATH 621

Course Description

Integration in Euclidean spaces, change of variables, multilinear algebra, vector fields and differential forms, manifolds and tangent spaces, integration on manifolds, Stokes theorem. Classical vector analysis. Cauchy integral theorem.

Prerequisties

MATH 522, (MATH 521and561), graduate/professional standing, or declared in Mathematics VISP

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.82

8.48% from Historical

Completion Rate

100.00%

No change from Historical

A Rate

78.57%

44.05% from Historical

Class Size

27.27% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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