MATH737 VECTOR BUNDLES AND CHARACTERIST.CLASSES
| Course Code: | 2360737 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Mathematics |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
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| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of the course student will learn:
- the definition and examples of vector bundles, basic constructions about them and their main properties,
- definition and basic properties of Stiefel -Whitney classes, Euler class, Chern classes and Pontrjagin classes, basic calculations and some applications.
Course Content
Courses not listed in catalogue. Contents vary from year to year according to interest of students and instructor in charge. Typical contents include contemporary developments in Algebra, Analysis, Geometry, Topology, Applied Mathematics.
Course Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course the student will know
- the concept of vector bundle and basic constructions about vector bundles,
- the basics of Stiefel-Whitney classes and some methods to compute them,
- the concept of oriented bundle and Euler class,
- the concept of complex structure on a real vector bundle,
- the basics of Chern classes and some methods to compute them,
- the basics of Pontrjagin classes and some methods to compute them,
- some geometric and topological applications of characteristic classes,
- the concept of Grassmann manifold and its importance for the classification of vector bundles.