Math 637 (Spring 2023)
Lectures: TR 9:35-10:50am, Blocker 110
Office: Blocker 633C
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:30 - 3:30 pm or by appointment
Course Description:
We plan to cover some basic tools in differential topology, such as transversality, Morse functions, handle body decompositions of manifolds, basics of surgery theory and some applications.
Reference books:
- V. Guillemin and A. Pollack:
Differential Topology
- J. Milnor: Lectures on the h-Cobordism Theorem
Homework: