SUBJECT

Title

Differential topology (basic material)

Type of instruction

lecture

Level

master

Part of degree program
Credits

2

Recommended in

Semesters 1-4

Typically offered in

Autumn/Spring semester

Course description

Morse theory, Pontrjagin  construction, the first three stable homotopy groups of spheres.Proof of the Poincare duality using Morse theory, immersion theory.

Readings

M. W. Hirsch: Differential Topology, Springer-Verlag, 1976.