Lecture Notes
Differential Geometry
Lecture Notes
Classical Differential Geometry
Modern Differential Geometry
Einstein Manifolds
Problem Sets
Classical Differential Geometry
Modern Differential Geometry
References and Further Reading
Frame Fields
Connection Forms
Structural Equations
The Curvature of a Curve in Euclidean 3-Space \(\mathbb{R}^3\)
The Curvature of a Surface in Euclidean 3-Space \(\mathbb{R}^3\)
The interior area of a simple closed curve is invariant under a rigid motion
Matrix Lie Groups
The Lie Algebra of the Orthogonal Group \(\mathrm{O}(n)\) (\(\mathrm{SO}(n)\))
Orthogonal Group \(\mathrm{O}(n)\) and Symmetry
The Lorentz Group
Lie Brackets (for \(n\times n\) Matrices)
More Examples of Lie Groups: 3-Sphere as a Lie group, The 3-Dimensional Heisenberg Group
Lie Group Actions and Lie Group Representations
Irreducible Representations of \(\mathrm{U}(1)\)
The Representations of \(\mathrm{SU}(2)\)
Differentiable Manifolds and Tangent Spaces
The Diagonalization of a Riemannian Metric
Tensors I
Fibre Bundles
Vector Bundles
Line Bundles
Sections of a Line Bundle I
Sections of a Line Bundle II: Gauge Potential, Gauge Transformation, and Field Strength
Parallel Transport, Holonomy, and Curvature
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