Welcome to MATC63 -- Differential Geometry
Winter 2023

Instructor Professor Lisa Jeffrey

Office: IC474
Phone: 416-287-7265
Office hours:
Email: lisa.jeffrey@utoronto.ca

Grader Hossein Yousefi

All the assignments will be handled through Crowdmark.
Email: hossein.yousefi@mail.utoronto.ca
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Required Text

Differential Geometry: A First Course in Curves and Surfaces (January 2018)
by Theodore Shifrin

Recommended Text

Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces
by Manfredo Do Carmo

Syllabus A1: due Jan 26, 2023
   Curves and surfaces in 3-space. Frenet formulas.
   (Do Carmo Chap. 1; Shifrin Chap 1.1, 1.2, 1.3)

A2: due Feb 16, 2023
    (Do Carmo Chap 2., Chap 3; Shifrin Chap 2.1, 2.2)

A3: due March 9, 2023
   Curvature and geodesics. Parallel transport.
    (Do Carmo 3, Chap 4.1-4.4; Shifrin Chap 2.3, 2.4)

A4: Due Mar 30, 2023
    Gauss-Bonnet for surfaces.
    (Shifrin Chap. 3.1)
Lectures Tuesdays: 14:10 - 15:00
Thursdays: 13:10 - 15:00 IC326
Term Test
Marking Scheme - 4 Assignments total: 40%
- Final Exam: 40%
- Final presentation or written report 20%
All assignments must be submitted on Crowdmark. Please submit pdf files or scans of handwritten work. Please do not submit photographs (jpg files).
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Lecture Notes for MATC63 Lecture notes MATC63 winter 2023
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Curves (Shifrin Chap. 1.1)
Frenet formulas (Shifrin Chap. 1.2)
Isoperimetric inequality (Shifrin Chap. 1.3)
Surfaces (Shifrin Chap. 2.1)
Second fundamental form (Shifrin Chap. 2.2)
Christoffel symbols, Gauss equations and Codazzi equations (Shifrin Chap. 2.3)
Geodesics (Shifrin Chap. 2.4)
Clairaut's formula, normal curvature (Shifrin Chap. 2.4); Parallel transport (Shifrin Chap. 3.1
Clairaut's formula for the 2-sphere (Shifrin Chap. 2.4)
Final exam review notes
Old Assignments Problem Set #2 (2016/17)    Correction to 2016 Assignment 2 Solution
Problem Set #2 (2019/20)
Problem Set #4 (2019/20)
Problem Set #4 (2016/17)
Solutions to old MATC63 final exams 2014 Final Exam
2016 Final Exam
2017 Final Exam
2018 Final Exam
2019 Final Exam
2022 Final Exam 2022 Final Exam solution
Solutions to past midterm exams
AccessAbility Services Students with a disability/health consideration are encouraged to approach Tina Doyle and/or the AccessAbility Services Office @ 416-287-7560.  They can also drop by the office, S302B, inside the Resource Centre.  The Coordinator is available by appointment to assess specific needs, provide referrals and arrange appropriate accommodations.