401-1511-00L Geometry
Semester | Autumn Semester 2017 |
Lecturers | T. Ilmanen |
Periodicity | yearly recurring course |
Language of instruction | German |
Abstract | We will study the topology and geometry of 2 and 3 dimensional spaces (manifolds) from an informal point of view. |
Objective | -what is it like to live in a non-Euclidean space (for example, in a surface)? -orientation, genus, curvature -classification of closed orientable surfaces -spherical, Euclidean, and hyperbolic geometry -3-manifolds a la Thurston |
Literature | Jeffrey R. Weeks. The Shape of Space. Edwin A. Abbott. Flatland. 1884. |