Differential Geometry and Topology in Physics, Spring 2026

Lecture 1 Euler characteristics, supersymmetric quantum mechanics, manifolds

Lecture 2 Tangent spaces, vector fields, tangent bundles, orientation

Lecture 3 Cotangent bundles, differential forms

Lecture 4 Stokes theorem, de Rham cohomology, metric

Lecture 5 Harmonic forms, Hodge theorem, Poincaré duality, Riemannian geometry

Lecture 6 Riemannian geometry, Gauss–Bonnet theorem, Einstein equations

Lecture 7 Symplectic geometry, Hamiltonian system, Arnold–Liouville theorem

Lecture 8 Simplicial homology groups, homotopy

Lecture 9 Cohomology groups, Lefschetz fixed-point theorem, Poincaré–Hopf theorem

Lecture 10 Abelian Chern–Simons theory, fundamental groups

Lecture 11 Lie groups, Lie algebras

Lecture 12 Spherical harmonics, vector bundles

Lecture 13 Principal G-bundles, connections, curvatures, Yang–Mills action

Lecture 14 Characteristic classes, Chern–Weil theory

Lecture notes are written by referring to various sources without mentioning them. Comments are welcome.

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