This PDF covers the following topics related to Differential
Topology : Smooth manifolds and smooth maps, Tangent spaces and derivatives,
Regular values, The fundamental theorem of algebra, The theorem of Sard and
Brown, Manifolds with boundary, The Brouwer fixed point theorem, Proof of
Sard's theorem, The degree modulo 2 of a mapping, Smooth homotopy and smooth
isotopy, Oriented manifolds, The Brouwer degree, Vector fields and the Euler
number, Framed cobordism, the Pontryagin construction, The Hopf theorem,
Exercise.
This
note explains the following topics: preliminaries, Different homology theories and their
interaction, Classifying spaces, An introduction to symplectic topology.
This note covers the following topics: Basics of Differentiable
Manifolds, Local structure of smooth maps, Transversality Theory,
IDifferential Forms and de Rham Theory, TIensors and some Riemannian
Geometry.
This book gives
a deeper account of basic ideas of differential topology than usual in
introductory texts. Also many more examples of manifolds like matrix groups
and Grassmannians are worked out in detail. Topics covered includes:
Continuity, compactness and connectedness, Smooth manifolds and maps, Regular
values and Sards theorem, Manifolds with boundary and orientations, Smooth homotopy and vector bundles, Intersection numbers, vector fields and Euler
characteristic.
The
first half of the book deals with degree theory, the Pontryagin construction,
intersection theory, and Lefschetz numbers. The second half of the book is
devoted to differential forms and deRham cohomology.