DIFFERENTIABLE MANIFOLDS

MATH 761

Course Description

Differentiable manifolds, vector bundles, implicit function theorem, submersions and immersions, vector fields and flows, foliations and Frobenius theorem, differential forms and exterior calculus, integration and Stokes' theorem, De Rham theory, Riemannian metrics. Familiarity with basic undergraduate analysis coursesMATH 521and522orMATH 621) is strongly recommended.

Prerequisties

Graduate/professional standing or member of the Pre-Masters Mathematics (Visiting International) Program

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Occasionally

Grade Point Average

3.71

-0.77% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

1.61% from Historical

A Rate

57.14%

-28.78% from Historical

Class Size

-0.4% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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TULLIA DYMARZ

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