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University of Alberta Calendar 2019-2020 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MATH 348 - Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces


★ 3 (fi 6) (first term, 3-0-0) Frenet-Seret theory of curves in the plane and in 3-space, examples; local theory of surfaces in 3-space: first and second fundamental forms, Gauss map and Gauss curvature, geodesics and parallel transport, theorema egregium, mean curvature and minimal surfaces. Prerequisites: One of MATH 102, 125 or 127 and one of MATH 209, 215 or 217.