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Math 257A-topics on differential geometry
Fall, 2009


Course Description

In this course we shall focus on some aspects of Ricci flow and mean curvature flow. For the Ricci flow we shall cover the recent foundational work of Bohm and Wilking and its applications to various sphere theorems. For the mean curvature flow we shall cover various important estimates and their geometric implications.

There will be no final exam.

The complete course schedule will be available.


Instructors

Name Office E-mail Phone Office Hours
Ni, Lei AP&M 5250 lni@math.ucsd.edu 534-2704 MWF 10:00-11:50am


Course Time and Location

Section Instructor Time Place
A00 Ni MWF 11:00-11:50 am APM 6218


Texts

Text: (1) Riemannian geometry, T. Sakai; (not required)

(2) Einstein manifolds, Besse; (not required)

(3) Hamilton's Ricci flow, Chow, Lu and Ni. (not required)


Exams

There will be no exam.

Homework

There will be some homework assignments. Homework should be turned by the end of the quarter.


Schedule

The course schedule will be available.


Grades

Grades will be based on the following percentages.
Homework 100%

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