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MATH 3630/5630: DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY

SPRING 2013 PROF THERON J HITCHMAN

Dierential Geometry is the study of curves and surfaces in space using Calculus and Linear Algebra as a tool box.

Learn about how the curvature of an object can tell you if it is knotted is space, the fastest way to get from one place to another, and why soap lms take the shapes they do.

(a) A (2, 3) torus knot.

(b) The Mbius Band o

(c) Ennepers Surface

Figure 1. Some Neat Surfaces and Curves Class meets MWF 2-2:50pm.

Pre-requisites: Calculus III and Linear Algebra

Contact Prof Hitchman for more information: theron.hitchman@uni.edu, x3-2646, WRT 327

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