M4P52 Manifolds, Autumn 2017

Office hour

Office hour will be Tuesdays at 16:00 (i.e. before the lecture), 631 Huxley Building.

Please check last year's notes by Prof. Ed Segal: Manifolds 2016

L. Tu, An introduction to manifolds

J. Lee, Introduction to smooth manifolds

W. Boothby, Introduction to differentiable manifolds and riemannian geometry

M. Spivak, A comprehensive introduction to differential geometry, vol. 1

J. Munkres, Topology, the first part of the book only.

Any calculus book that covers multivariable calculus.

Linear algebra, at the level of Hoffmann's.

Real analysis is a plus but not essential. A reference would be Rudin's.

Shinu Cho is live typing his notes, you may find it here

There will be a homework each week. These assessed questions will collectively count for 10% of your overall mark.