18.950 Differential Geometry (Spring 2004)

Monday, Wednesday and Friday 2:00-3:00pm in 2-102

The text for this course is Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces by M. do Carmo

Class notes ***Updated! Students who point out errors in the notes will receive bonus points according to the following scale (essential errors: 10 points, trivial errors: 5 points, typos: 1 point)

Homework ***Updated AGAIN!

This will mostly be from the exercises in do Carmo. I will assign homework in the course of the lectures. It will also be posted on this page. To access it, click the link above.

The grader for the class is Yanir Rubinstein (yanir@math.mit.edu). Contact him about any problems
concerning the grading of homework.

Exams

There will be two in-class midterms as well as a final exam.

Grades

The grade for this course will be a function of
the exams and homework.

Office Hours