2025 Fall
MATH 214 001 - LEC 001
Differential Topology
Michael Hutchings
Class #:25393
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Mathematics
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
30
Enrolled: 0
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 6
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Michael Hutchings
Course Catalog Description
This is an introduction to abstract differential topology based on rigorous mathematical proofs. The topics include Smooth manifolds and maps, tangent and normal bundles. Sard's theorem and transversality, Whitney embedding theorem. differential forms, Stokes' theorem, Frobenius theorem. Basic degree theory. Flows, Lie derivative, Lie groups and algebras. Additional topics selected by instructor.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None