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Math 8061: Schedule and Homework Assignments

The schedule below will be gradually filled out as the class progresses.

Day Topic Book pages Homework
8/28 Topological manifolds P. 2-10.
8/30 Smooth atlases P. 10-13 Homework 1, due 9/6.
9/4 No class (Labor Day)
9/6 Smooth structures, examples P. 14-20
9/11 Smooth functions, smooth maps P. 31-38
9/13 Bump functions, locally finite covers, partitions of unity P. 40-44 Homework 2, due 9/20.
9/18 Applications of partitions of unity; tangent vectors P. 43-46
9/20 Tangent vectors and derivations P. 51-55 Homework 3, due 9/27.
9/25 Tangent space, differential of a map P. 56-61
9/27 The tangent budle P. 65-68 Homework 4, due 10/4
10/2 Immersions, submersions, rank theorem P. 77-86
10/4 The rank theorem and embedded submanifolds P. 99-106 Homework 5, due 10/11.
10/9 Sard's Theorem P. 127-131
10/11 Whitney embedding theorem, part 1 P. 131-133
10/16 Whitney theorem & applications P. 133-135
10/18 Midterm exam
10/23 Transversality P. 143-147 Homework 6, due 11/1.
10/25 Vector fields, pushforwards P. 174-185
10/30 Integral curves and flows P. 205-211
11/1 Local flows, complete vector fields P. 211-216 Homework 7, due 11/8
11/6 Canonical form of vector field, Lie brackets P. 185-188, P. 331-332 of 1st ed
11/8 Commuting vector fields P. 227-235 Homework 8, due 11/15
11/13 Tangent covectors P. 273-276, 280-284.
11/15Pullbacks and line integrals P. 284-291. Homework 9, due 12/1
11/27Multilinear algebra P. 305-307, 349-356.
11/29Differential forms, exterior derivatives P. 359-367. Homework 10, due 12/8
12/4Closed and exact forms; orientation P. 295-297, 377-386.
12/6 Integration on manifolds P. 402-410.
12/11 Stokes' theorem P. 411-415.


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