Objectives:
The course develops the theory of smooth manifolds.
Content:
One studies smooth manifolds and functions, the tangent/cotangent space, regularity and transversality, constructions on vector bundles, integrability, Riemannian metrics and partition of unity. One develops the theory of flows and locally trivial fibrations.
On completion of the course the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:
Knowledge
The student
¿ Knows basic definitions concerning elements of smooth manifolds.
¿ Know constructions like the tangent bundle, and the basic theory for this.
¿ Know basic theory for regular values and transversality
¿ Know basic theory for (pre-)vector bundles and the manipulations of these, as for instance normal bundles and Hom-bundles.
¿ Have insight in the theory leading up to the Ehrensmann vibration theorem.
Skills
The student
¿ Can establish concrete properties of smooth manifolds through calculations and theory.
¿ can construct smooth manifolds
General competence
The student