250045 VO Contact Topology (2021S)
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Language: German
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password: closed compact surface of genus 1 (same as for Algebraic Topology)
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04.03.
10:45 - 13:15
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11.03.
10:45 - 13:15
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18.03.
10:45 - 13:15
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25.03.
10:45 - 13:15
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15.04.
10:45 - 13:15
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22.04.
10:45 - 13:15
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29.04.
10:45 - 13:15
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06.05.
10:45 - 13:15
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20.05.
10:45 - 13:15
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27.05.
10:45 - 13:15
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10.06.
10:45 - 13:15
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17.06.
10:45 - 13:15
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Thursday
24.06.
10:45 - 13:15
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Oral exam (in case that presence examination is not possible then: online exam)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
This is an advanced course. Working knowledge of abstract manifolds, as well as some knowledge of Algebraic- and Differential Topology and Differential Geometry is required. (If you are in doubt please write me an email).
Examination topics
The contents of the course.
Reading list
books:
* Hansjörg Geiges, An introduction to contact topology
* Burak Özbağcı and András Stipsicz, Surgery on contact 3-manifolds and Stein surfacesonline resources:
* Expository articles by John Etnyre: Introductory lectures on contact geometry, Legendrian and transversal knots, open book decompositions and contact structures, and contact geometry in low-dimensional topology
* course notes of Patrick Massot:
Topological methods in 3-dimensional contact geometry
* Hansjörg Geiges, An introduction to contact topology
* Burak Özbağcı and András Stipsicz, Surgery on contact 3-manifolds and Stein surfacesonline resources:
* Expository articles by John Etnyre: Introductory lectures on contact geometry, Legendrian and transversal knots, open book decompositions and contact structures, and contact geometry in low-dimensional topology
* course notes of Patrick Massot:
Topological methods in 3-dimensional contact geometry
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MGEV
Last modified: Sa 23.09.2023 00:20
moving objects or thermodynamics. This lecture will provide an introduction to the rich theory of contact structures mostly on 3-manifolds. After introducing the basics we will talk about convex surfaces, Legendrian and transverse knots and open book decompositions.