Spring 2026
MATH 240 002 - LEC 002
Riemannian Geometry
John W Lott
Class #:34090
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Mathematics
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
14
Enrolled: 16
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 30
Waitlist Max: 7
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Course Catalog Description
Riemannian metric and Levi-Civita connection, geodesics and completeness, curvature, first and second variations of arc length. Additional topics such as the theorems of Myers, Synge, and Cartan-Hadamard, the second fundamental form, convexity and rigidity of hypersurfaces in Euclidean space, homogeneous manifolds, the Gauss-Bonnet theorem, and characteristic classes.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Reserved Seating For This Term
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