Approximate syllabus.


M = Milnor "Topology from Differentiable Viewpoint"; GP = Guillemin and Pollack "Differential Topology".
Week #1
  • Manifolds, tangent space, derivatives, induced map. (M 1, GP 1.2);
  • Inverse function theorem and immersions. (M 1, GP 1.3);
April 2nd: classes begin
Week #2
  • Immersion, Submersions (GP 1.4);
  • Regular values (M 2);
  • Transversality (GP 1.5)
Week #3
  • Fundamental Theorem of Algebra. (M 2)
  • Homotopy and stability. (GP 1.6)
  • Sard thorem and Morse functions. (GP 1.7, M 2)

April 20th: Last day to add or drop a class;
Week #4
  • Manifolds with boundary (GP 2.1, M, p12)
  • Brower fixed point theorem (M, p13, GP 2.2)
  • Proof of Sard and Morse functions (M 3, GP 1.7)
Week #5
  • Transversality and intersection. Epsilon-neighborhood theorem. (GP 2.3).
  • Smooth homotopy (GP 1.6, M9)
  • Degree modula 2 (GP 2.4, M8);
Week #6
  • Winding number (GP 2.5)
  • Jordan-Brouwer separation theorem.
  • Borsuk Ulam theorem (GP 2.6)
  • Orientation (GP 3.1,2 M10)
Week #7
  • Oriented intersection number (GP 3.3)
  • Lefschetz fixed point theorem (GP 3.4)

May 14th: Term withdrawal deadline.
Week #8
  • Vector fields and Poincare-Hopf Theorem (GP 3.5)
  • Euler Characteristic and Triangulations (GP 3.7, M6).


May 25th: Change of grading basis deadline.
Week #9
  • Framed cobordism and Pontriagin construction (M7)
  • Hopf degree theorem (GP 3.6)
May 28th: Memorial Day
Week #10
  • Whitney embedding theorem (GP 1.8)

June 1-6: End-Quarter Period.
Final Exam June 9th: 8:30-11:30