REMINDER: Quiz #2 will be held from 7: 30-9: 30 p. m. Thursday, November 13 in Walker Memorial. The quiz will cover materials in Chapters 4-7(through Section 7. 4)of O&w, Lectures and Recitations through October 29, Problem Sets #4-6, and that part of Problem Set 7 involving problems from Chapter 7 Reading Assignments
Lecture 3 Differential geometry of surfaces 3.1 Definition of surfaces Implicit surfaces F(r,,a)=0 Example: 22+6+2=1 Ellipsoid, see Figure 3.1 Figure 3.1: Ellipsoid · Explicit surfaces If the implicit equation F(, y, a)=0 can be solved for one of the variables as a function
Lecture 2 Differential geometry of curves 2.1 Definition of curves 2.1.1 Plane curves Implicit curves f(, y)=0 Example:x2+y2=a2 It is difficult to trace implicit curves It is easy to check if a point lies on the curve Multi-valued and closed curves can be represented