IST Topology (2017) - Speakers and Syllabus

Speakers and Syllabus

Speaker Lectures Detailed Syllabus
Prof. Ramji Lal
Adjunct Professor, HRI.
6

Elementary Differential Topology
Review Of Calculus Of Several Variables and Linear Algebra Curves And Isoperimetric Inequality, Surfaces, Gauss Map, Principle Curvatures And Gauss Bonnet Theorem, A Visit To Hyperbolic Geometry.

References:

Calculus on Manifolds by M Spivak

Prof S. Deo
Honorary Visiting Professor, HRI Allahabad
6

Topology
Review of Point set Topology, quotient topology, compactness, connectedness, Simplicial Homology Theory, Brower’s Fixed Point Theorem, Leftschetz Fixed Point Theorem, Borsuk-Ulam Theorem

References:
1. Basic Topology by Armstrong.
2. Algebraic Topology, a Primer by S Deo.

Prof A R Shastri
Retd Prof IIT Bombay
6

Topology
Fundamental Groups and Covering Spaces: Examples, Lifting Path Homotopies, covering transformation, connection between fundamental group and covering spaces, universal covering space, Van Kampen Theorem.

References:
Algebraic Topology,M J Greenberg

A Tiken Singh
NEHU, Shillong
6

Differential Topology
Smooth (abstract) manifolds, Tangent and cotangent bundles, Submersions, Immersions, Embeddings, Submanifolds, Regular and critical values, and Sard’s theorem.

References:
1. Introduction to Smooth Manifolds by J.M. Lee.
2. Elements of Differential Topology by A.R. Shastri.
3. Topology from the Differentiable view point by J. Milnor.
4. Differential Topology by Guillemin and Pollack.

 

Tutors:

Sr.  Topic  Speaker
1 Differential Topology Satya Prakash Tripathi,
Reader, K. M. College, University of Delhi
2 Topology Abhyendra Prasad,
Research Scholar IIT Patna
3 Topology Sachin Pathak,
Research Scholar IIT Patna
4 DifferentialTopology Dipendu Maity,
Post Doc., IISc, Bangalore.

 

TIME TABLE

Day Date Lecture9:30 – 11:00 1   Lecture11:30 - 1:00 2   Tutorial (Topology) 14:30 – 15:30   Tutorial (Diff. Geometry) 16:00 – 17:00
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5 05/05/2017 SDT RL SD, AP, DM RL, DM, AP
6 06/05/2017 SDT RL SD, AP, DM RL, DM, AP
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9 10/05/2017 ARS TS ARS, SP, SPT TS,SPT, SP
10 11/05/2017 ARS TS ARS, SP, SPT TS,SPT. SP
11 12/05/2017 ARS TS ARS, SP, SPT TS,SPT, SP
12 13/05/2017 ARS TS ARS, SP, SPT TS,SPT, SP