Lecturer |
| WAN Yau Heng Tom Office: LSB 215 Tel: 2609 7986 Email: |
Teaching Assistant |
| Li Ka Fai Office: LSB 225 Tel: 2609 8578 Email: |
| Kwong Kwok Kun Office: LSB 225 Tel: 2609 8578 Email: |
Time and Venue |
| Lecture: T1-2, LSB C1; Th2, LSB C1 |
| Tutorial: T3,LSB C4;Th4, LSB C3 |
Weˇ¦ll cover basic materials of the differential geometry of curves and surfaces in Euclidean 3-space. Topics include curvature, torsion and Frenet frame of a regular curve; Gauss map, Gaussian curvature and mean curvature of a regular surface; constant mean curvature surfaces and minimal surfaces; geodesics and Gauss-Bonnet Theorem.
| Homework (around 5-6 homeworks) | 10% | |
| Mid-term (Oct 19, 2010) | 30% | |
| Final (to be arranged by the University) | 60% |
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