Information Package / Course Catalogue
Differentiable Manifolds I
Course Code: MTK515
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

The main purpose of this course is to provide knowledge of differentiable manifolds.

Course Content

Topological manifolds, smooth manifolds, smooth functions, the tangent space at a point of manifold, curves in a manifold, immersions and submersions, vector fields

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Dilek AÇIKGÖZ KAYA
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to define differentiable manifold
2.To be able to write differentiable maps between manifolds
3.To be able to define the tangent space at a point of a manifold
4.To be able to define the curves in a manifold
5.To be able to define the vector fields on a manifold
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Tu, Loring W. An Introduction to Manifolds.
2.Boothby,William M. An İntroduction to Differentiable Manifolds and Riemannian Geometry. Academic Press,New York,1975
3.Brickell,F., Clark,R. Differentiable manifolds, Windson House, Condon S.W.1
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Topological manifolds
Week 2 - Theoretical
Smooth manifolds
Week 3 - Theoretical
Smooth functions on a manifold
Week 4 - Theoretical
Diffeomorphism
Week 5 - Theoretical
The Invers Function Theorem
Week 6 - Theoretical
Problem solving
Week 7 - Theoretical
The tangent space on a manifold
Week 8 - Theoretical
A local expression for the differential
Week 9 - Theoretical
Problem solving
Week 10 - Theoretical
Curves in a manifold
Week 11 - Theoretical
Immersions and submersions
Week 12 - Theoretical
Vector fields on manifold
Week 13 - Theoretical
Integral curves
Week 14 - Theoretical
Problem solving
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Final Examination1%70
Assignment3%30
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Assignment301339
Individual Work140570
Final Examination147249
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
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2026