Course Meeting Times
Lectures: Three sessions / week, 1 hour / session
Prerequisites
The official prerequisites for this course are Analysis I (18.100B), and either Algebra I (18.700 or 18.701). Students who have taken Linear Algebra (18.06) may consider this course, though 18.700 or 18.701 are preferable.
Textbooks
The main textbook for this course is:
Munkres, J. Analysis on Manifolds. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 1991. ISBN: 0201510359, ISBN: 0201315963 (paperback).
Some material and homework problems will be taken from:
Spivak, M. Calculus on Manifolds: A Modern Approach to Classical Theorems of Advanced Calculus. Cambridge, MA: Perseus Publishing, 1965. ISBN: 0805390219.
Homework
There are two kinds of homework assignments in this course: daily homework problems and graded assignments. The daily homework problems are not graded but will be used on the graded assignments. There will be a total of four graded assignments based on the daily homework.
Exams
There is one midterm exam and one comprehensive final exam.
Grading
| ACTIVITIES | PERCENTAGES |
|---|---|
| Graded Assignments | 50% |
| Midterm Exam | 20% |
| Final Exam | 30% |
