Mar 29, 2024  
2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
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MAT 222-01 - Bridges to Advanced Mathematics: Differential Geometry

4 credits (Spring)
Einstein showed that gravity may be viewed as curvature of space-time.  Curvature makes sense when we view a surface from outside, but how can we understand or study curvature from within a space?  This course will introduce the tools mathematicians use for such study, and will thus serve as the mathematical background needed for understanding General Relativity.  Topics will include tangent spaces and vector fields, differential forms, tensors, Lie Derivatives, geodesics, and the Riemannian connection.

Prerequisite: MAT 215 .
Instructor: French