(in Polish) Teoria Morse'a
General data
Course ID: | 1000-1M19TM |
Erasmus code / ISCED: |
11.1
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Course title: | (unknown) |
Name in Polish: | Teoria Morse'a |
Organizational unit: | Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics |
Course groups: |
(in Polish) Przedmioty obieralne na studiach drugiego stopnia na kierunku bioinformatyka Elective courses for 2nd stage studies in Mathematics |
Course homepage: | http://www.mimuw.edu.pl~mcboro/morse.html |
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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Language: | English |
Type of course: | elective monographs |
Prerequisites (description): | The student knows existence and uniqueness theorems in ODE's. He's supposed to know some basics of algebraic topology. |
Mode: | Remote learning |
Short description: |
We describe the rudiments of Morse theory. |
Full description: |
Elementary theorems in Morse theory. Rearrangement and cancellation theorems. Morse--Witten chain complex. Proof of h-cobordism theorem. |
Bibliography: |
Milnor ,,Lectures on h-cobordism theorem'' Nicolaescu ,,Invitation to Morse theory" Banyaga, Hurtubise ,,Lectures on Morse theory" Borodzik, Nemethi, Ranicki "Morse theory for manifolds with boundary" Borodzik, Powell "Embedded Morse theory" |
Learning outcomes: |
The student understands the rudiments of knot theory and is capable of reading research papers on the subject as well as conducting independent research in the field. |
Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
Oral exam online. Knowledge of theorems from the lecture and at least sketches of proofs is required. |
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