Differential Geometry I
Course 7412005 Section 01, Spring 2024
Wednesdays 16:00 - 17:50, Fridays 10:00 - 10:50, Room: E1-1 #140
Chungbuk National University
Instructor: Dr. Byungdo Park Email: 
Office Hours: Wednesdays 15:00--15:50 at E1-1 Room 110.
Syllabus: PDF (updated)
Announcements
2024-06-24: Letter grades have been submitted. Enjoy your summer break.
2024-06-13: Please respond by June 19th noon if you want to see your graded final exam papers or if you want to receive the result by email. Please read the email announcement.
2024-05-27: Final exam announcement The detail has been posted below.
2024-05-27: Review report of the 1st course evaluation survey will not be posted because there is no items to address.
2024-05-15: Announcements The class will go online for today's 14:00 class. Watch the lecture through eCampus by May 29th.
2024-05-15: Those who did not receive handouts should email me to get a copy.
2024-05-15: Homework #8 has been posted below.
2024-05-15: Homework #7 has been posted below.
2024-05-15: Homework #6 has been posted below.
2024-05-01: Announcements The class will go online for today's 14:00 class. Watch the lecture through eCampus by May 16th.
2024-04-28: The midterm exam papers have been graded. If you want to see your graded paper or to just receive your score by email, please email me no later than Tuesday, May 7th 23:59. Please read the email announcement for more details.
2024-04-11: Midterm exam announcement The detail has been posted below.
2024-04-11: Homework #5 has been posted below.
2024-04-11: Homework #4 has been posted below.
2024-04-10: Announcements The class will go online for today's 16:00 class. Watch the lecture through eCampus by April 24th.
2024-03-24: Homework #3 has been posted below.
2024-03-17: Homework #2 has been posted below.
2024-03-17: Homework #1 has been posted below.
2024-03-01: Lecture notes will be made available on CBNU eCampus hopefully by the weekend of each class meeting.
2024-03-01: Announcements Here are procedures specifying details in the dispute policies.
2024-03-01: Welcome!
Homework
Homework #1 11 problems.
Problems from Chapter 3: #1, 9, 15, 17, 18, 21, 25, 26, 31, 32, 34.
Homework #2 8 problems.
Problems from Chapter 4 (Part 1): #1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 26, 27, 29
Homework #3 10 problems.
Problems from Chapter 4 (Part 2): #11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 28, 30
Homework #4 12 problems.
Problems from Chapter 4 (Part 3): #32, 33, 34, 35, 38
Problems from the National Exam: PDF.
Homework #5 20 problems.
Problems from Chapter 5: #5, 7, 8
Problems from O'Neill, Elementary Differential Geometry, p.15 Exercise #3, 4, 5
Problems from O'Neill, Elementary Differential Geometry, p.22 Exercise #6
Problems from O'Neill, Elementary Differential Geometry, p.40 Exercise #4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Problems from O'Neill, Elementary Differential Geometry, p.106 Exercise #2, 7, 8
Problems from O'Neill, Elementary Differential Geometry, p.110 Exercise #2, 4
Problems from O'Neill, Elementary Differential Geometry, p.120 Exercise #4
Homework #6 7 problems.
Problems from Handout 2.
Homework #7 9 problems.
Problems from Handout 3.
Homework #8 10 problems.
Problems from Chapter 8 Part 1: #4, 5, 6, 8, 10 (Addendum), 24, 26, 29 (Solution), 32, 33.
Problems from Chapter 8 Part 2: #17, 19(a), 28, 30, 34, 38.
Exam Schedules
Midterm exam: 24 April (Wednesday) 16:00--17:40 in-class.
- Coverage: Chapters 3, 4, and 5 of the main textbook including Handout 1
- Total 8 questions.There will be one set of True/False questions (Please note that you get full credit if you are correct, no credit for no answer, and negative of the assigned score if your answer to this question is incorrect). This exam will be geared toward giving advantages to those who were carefully following class discussions while keeping a good pace of doing homework.
- If you cannot make it to the in-class exam due to an official cause (including properly documented illness), you have to submit a Make-up Exam Application Form at your department. Here is a handout about make-up exam policies.
The average was 59.31. The maximum score achieved by a student was 96.
Final Exam: 14 June (Friday) 10:00--11:40 in-class.
- Coverage: Everything covered in this course including all homework problems.
- Total 8 questions. There will be one set of True/False questions (Please note that you get full credit if you are correct, no credit for no answer, and negative of the assigned score if your answer to this question is incorrect). This exam will be geared toward giving advantages to those who were carefully following class discussions while keeping a good pace of doing homework.
- If you cannot make it to the in-class exam due to an official cause (including properly documented illness), you have to submit a Make-up Exam Application Form at your department. Here is a handout about make-up exam policies.
The average was 52.11. The maximum score achieved by a student was 94.
Assessment of Project-Based Learning (PBL)
For an extra credit, you should record a 20-minute long video lecture about one of the following:
(1) A sample lecture on any topic listed on the syllabus of this course.
(2) A sample lecture on a concept from secondary school geometry curricular.
You should submit the video in a form of a YouTube video link by choosing the sharing option "unlisted." Please use this form to submit your work.
Your video will be disclosed to your classmates in this course as a part of a YouTube playlist. You may turn your video into “private” or even delete the video after your letter grade for this course is assigned.
Links
Webpage of Byungdo Park
CBNU Mathematics Education Department Homepage