401-3532-08L Differential Geometry II

Abstract	Introduction to Riemannian geometry in combination with some elements of modern metric geometry. Contents: Riemannian manifolds, Levi-Civita connection, geodesics, Hopf-Rinow Theorem, curvature, second fundamental form, Riemannian submersions and coverings, Hadamard-Cartan Theorem, triangle and volume comparison, relations between curvature and topology, spaces of Riemannian manifolds.
Objective	Learn the basics of Riemannian geometry and some elements of modern metric geometry.
Literature	- M. P. do Carmo, Riemannian Geometry, Birkhäuser 1992 - S. Gallot, D. Hulin, J. Lafontaine, Riemannian Geometry, Springer 2004 - B. O'Neill, Semi-Riemannian Geometry, With Applications to Relativity, Academic Press 1983
Prerequisites / Notice	Prerequisite is a working knowledge of elementary differential geometry (curves and surfaces in Euclidean space), differentiable manifolds, and differential forms.