Topics in a Differential Geometry Course
To learn more about a topic listed below, click the topic name to go to the
corresponding MathWorld classroom page.
Curvature |
Curvature is a measure of the amount of bending of a curve or surface. |
Differential Geometry |
Differential geometry is the field of mathematics that studies properties such as distance and curvature on surfaces and manifolds. |
Differential k-Form |
A differential k-form is a tensor of rank k that is antisymmetric under exchange of any pair of indices. |
Gaussian Curvature |
Gaussian curvature is one type measure of the amount of "bending" a surface undergoes at a given point which is independent of the coordinate system used to describe it. |
Mean Curvature |
The mean curvature is the amount of "bending" of a surface at given point defined as the average of the two so-called "principal curvatures." |
Tangent Bundle |
In topology, a tangent bundle of a given manifold is a new manifold that consists of the tangent spaces for each point pasted together in a continuous fashion. |
Tensor |
A tensor is a generalization of scalars, vectors, and matrices to an arbitrary number of indices. |