Lectures related to Smooth sets and functions: Charts and atlases

Differential Forms on Manifolds

Introduces differential forms on manifolds, covering tangent bundles and intersection pairings.

Topology of Riemann Surfaces

Covers the topology of Riemann surfaces, focusing on orientation and orientability.

Retractions vector fields and tangent bundles: Tangent bundles

Covers retractions, tangent bundles, and embedded submanifolds on manifolds with proofs and examples.

General Manifolds and Topology

Covers manifolds, topology, smooth maps, and tangent vectors in detail.

Connections: motivation and definition

Explores the definition of connections for smooth vector fields on manifolds.

Optimization on Manifolds

Covers optimization on manifolds, focusing on smooth manifolds and functions, and the process of gradient descent.

Smooth sets and functions: Example - atlas for a circle

Covers smooth sets and functions on manifolds, with a focus on constructing an atlas for a circle.

Smooth sets and functions: Smooth functions, topology, and manifolds

Explores smooth functions on manifolds, emphasizing continuity and atlas topologies.

Differential Forms Integration

Covers the integration of differential forms on smooth manifolds, including the concepts of closed and exact forms.

Manifolds: Charts and Compatibility

Covers manifolds, charts, compatibility, and submanifolds with smooth analytic equations.

Riemannian connections

Explores Riemannian connections on manifolds, emphasizing smoothness and compatibility with the metric.

Smooth maps and differentials: Differentials

Explores smooth maps, differentials, composition properties, linearity, and extensions on manifolds.

General Manifolds: A First Look

Introduces d-dimensional charts on manifolds and the concept of an atlas.

Differentiating Vector Fields: Definition

Introduces differentiating vector fields along curves on manifolds with connections and the unique operator satisfying specific properties.

Smooth maps on manifolds and differentials

Covers smooth maps on manifolds, defining functions, tangent spaces, and differentials.

From embedded to general manifolds: Why?

Explores upgrading foundations from embedded to general manifolds in optimization, discussing smooth sets and tangent vectors.

Local Homeomorphisms and Coverings

Covers the concepts of local homeomorphisms and coverings in manifolds, emphasizing the conditions under which a map is considered a local homeomorphism or a covering.

Riemannian metrics and gradients: Why and definition of Riemannian manifolds

Covers Riemannian metrics, gradients, vector fields, and inner products on manifolds.

From embedded to general manifolds: upgrading our foundations

Explores the transition from embedded to general manifolds, upgrading foundational concepts and discussing mathematical reasons for both approaches.

Non-analytic Smooth Functions

Explores non-analytic smooth functions, their properties, and applications in differential geometry and partitioning unity.