MATH5061 - Riemannian Geometry I - 2024/25

Announcement

• No class on 27 Jan

General Information

Lecturer

• Lee Man-Chun
  • Office: LSB 237
  • Email:

Time and Venue

• Lecture: Mon: 14:30-17:15

Course Description

This course is intended to provide a solid background in Riemannian Geometry. Topics include: affine connection, tensor calculus, Riemannian metric, geodesics, curvature tensor, completeness and some global theory. Students taking this course are expected to have knowledge in differential geometry of curves and surfaces.

References

• "Riemannian Geometry" by M. do Carmo
• "Riemannian Manifolds: An Introduction to Curvature" by J. M. Lee

Assessment Scheme

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