Instructor: Igor Zelenko
Office: Milner 324
Office hours (subject to change): Mon 11:00 - 12:30, Wed 11:00-
12:30 or by appointment
e-mail: zelenko"at"math.tamu.edu
Home-page: /~zelenko
Telephon (979) 845-5837.
Class hours: Math439 TR 8:00- 9:15 ENPH 201
Text:. Manfredo P. Do Carmo, Differential geometry of curves and sufaces, Prentice Hall, 1976
Course Description. We will closely follow
Chapters 1-4 of Do Carmo's book:
Curves, Regular Surfaces, The geometry of the
Gauss map, The intrinsic geometry of surfaces.
Prerequisite: Vector Calculus.
Grading. Your grade will be determined by weekly home assignments (30%) due on Tuesday of each week, by two mid-term exams (20% each) and cumulative final exam (30%). All exams will be take-home exams. The grade will be given according to the following percentage:
85%-100%=A,
75%-84%=B , 65%-74%=C, 55%-64%=D, less than 55%=F
Tentaive dates of exams:
Mid-term exam I: Tue 2/24, Take home,
due Thur 2/26 in class;
Mid-term exam II: Tue 3/31, Take home, due Thur 4/2 in class.
The sections covered on a test will be announced well before the test.
Complaints about test grades must be made within two weeks of when the test
is returned to the class. Beyond that time, the grade will not be changed.
Final exam: Thur 4/30, take home, due 5/11 by 3p.m. in my office.
Home assignments: Will be posted Tuesdays and is due next Tuesday.
The homework that is not submitted
by the end of lecture on Tuesday is "late" and will suffer a 20%
penalty if graded. You have until end of lecture on Thursday to
deliver the late homework. The homework that is not submitted by
the end of lecture on Thursday will not be graded (you will get 0
points for it).
Scholastic dishonesty: Copying work done by others, either in-class or out of class, is an act of scholastic dishonesty and will be prosecuted to the full extent allowed by University policy. Collaboration on assignments, either in-class or out-of-class, is forbidden unless permission to do so is granted by your instructor. For more information on university policies regarding scholastic dishonesty, see University Student Rules .
Copyright policy: All printed materials disseminated in class or on the web are protected by Copyright laws. One xerox copy (or download from the web) is allowed for personal use. Multiple copies or sale of any of these materials is strictly prohibited.
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