SCHEDULE
MTH 434/534 — Winter 2021


This is a rough schedule showing which topic we will cover when. All dates are subject to change.
The topic links refer to my online book.    (Last update: 2/21/21)

  Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
Week 1
(Jan)
4
Introduction,
Polar Coords
5
 
 
6
Motivation,
Dot & Cross
7
 
 
8
Differential forms,
Higher Rank, Products
Week 2
(Jan)
11
Determinants,
Pictures
12  
 
 
13    Tensors,
Inner Products,
Polar Coords II
14  
 
 
15    Bases,
Metric Tensor,
Signature
Week 3
(Jan)
18
MLK Day
 
19
 
 
20    Higher Rank,
Orientation,
Schwarz Inequality
21  
 
 
22    Hodge Dual,
Euclidean &
Minkowski Spaces,
Week 4
(Jan)
25    Hodge Dual II,
Dot & Cross,
Pseudovectors
26  
 
 
27    Gradient,
Exterior Deriv,
Div & Curl
28  
 
 
29    Gradient,
Exterior Deriv,
Div & Curl
Week 5
(Feb)
1    Laplacian,
Properties,
Product Rules
2  
 
 
3
Orthogonal Coords,
Div, Grad, Curl
4  
 
 
5
Maxwell's Eqs I,
Maxwell's Eqs II,
Week 6
(Feb)
8
Maxwell's Eqs III
 
9  
 
 
10
Review
 
11  
 
 
12
Midterm
 
Week 7
(Feb)
15
Go over midterm
 
16
 
 
17    Integrals,
Integrands,  
Stokes' Theorem
18
 
 
19
Stokes' Theorem
Stokes' Corollaries,
Week 8
(Feb)
22    Spheres,
Topology,
Polar Coords II
23  
 
 
24
Vector Derivatives  
Connections,
25
 
 
26
Connections,  
Levi-Civita
Week 9
(Mar)
1    Polar Coords III,
Curves,
Surfaces
2
 
 
3
Curvature,
Bianchi Identities
4  
 
5    Geodesic Curvature,
Geodesic Triangles,
Gauss-Bonnet Thm
Week 10
(Mar)
8
The Torus
 
9  
 
 
10
TBA
 
11  
 
 
12
Review
 
Finals
(Mar)
15  
 
 
16  
Final
(12–1:50 PM)
17  
 
 
18  
 
 
19