Differential Geometry

Manifold, Differential Geometry, Fibre Bundle

 Manifold and differential geometry is mathematical structure of physics.


Munkres Topology, chapter 36: Embedding of Manifold

Munkres Topology, chapter 75: Homology of Surfaces


[Lee] Smooth Manifolds

1. Smooth Manifolds

2. Smooth Maps

3. Tangent Vectors

4. Submersions, Immersions, and Embeddings

5.  Submanifolds

6. Sard's Theorem

7. Lie Groups

8. Vector Fields

9. Integral Curves and Flows

10. Vector Bunudles

11. The Cotangent Bundle

12. Tensors

13. Riemannian Metrics

14. Differential Forms

15. Orientations

16. Integration on Manifolds

17. De Rham Cohomology

18. The de Rham Theorem

19. DIstributions and Foliations

20. The Exponential Map

21. Quotien Manifolds

22. Symplectic Manifolds



[Tu] Differential Geometry

Curvature and Vector Fields

1. Riemannian Manifolds

2. Curves

3. Surfaces in Space

4. Directional Derivatives in Euclidean Space

5. The Shape Operator

6. Affine Connections

7. Vector Bundles

8. Gauss's Theorema Egregium

9. Generalizations to Hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{n+1}$


Curvature and Differential Forms

10. Connections on a Vector Bundle

11. Connection, Curvature, and Torsion Forms

12. The Theorema Egregium Using Forms


Geodesics

13. More on Affine Connections

14. Geodesics

15. Exponential Maps

16. Distance and Volume

17. The Gauss–Bonnet Theorem


Tools from Algebra and Topology

18. The Tensor Product and the Dual Module

19. The Exterior Power

20. Operations on Vector Bundles

21. Vector-Valued Forms


Vector Bundles and Characteristic Classes

22. Connections and Curvature Again

23. Characteristic Classes

24. Pontrjagin Classes

25. The Euler Class and Chern Classes

26. Some Applications of Characteristic Classes


Principal Bundles and Characteristic Classes

27. Principal Bundles

28. Connections on a Principal Bundle

29. Horizontal Distributions on a Frame Bundle

30. Curvature on a Principal Bundle

31. Covariant Derivative on a Principal Bundle

32. Characteristic Classes of Principal Bundles



[Nakahara] Geometry, Topology And Physics

11. Characteristic Class

11.1 Invariant polynomials and the Chern-Weil homomorphism

11.2 Chern classes

11.3 Chern characters

11.4 Pontrjagin and Euler classes

11.5 Chern-Simons forms

11.6 Stiefel-Whitney class


12. Index Theorems

12.1 Elliptic operators and Fredholm operators

12.2 The Atiyah–Singer index theorem

12.3 The de Rham complex

12.4 The Dolbeault complex

12.5 The signature complex

12.6 Spin complexes

12.7 The heat kernel and generalized $\zeta$-functions

12.8 The Atiyah–Patodi–Singer index theorem

12.9 Supersymmetric quantum mechanics

12.10 Supersymmetric proof of index theorem


13. Anomalies in Gauge Field Theories

13.1 Introduction

13.2 Abelian anomalies

13.3 Non-Abelian anomalies

13.4 The Wess–Zumino consistency conditions

13.5 Abelian anomalies versus non-Abelian anomalies

13.6 The parity anomaly in odd-dimensional spaces



[Husemoller] Fibre Bundles

1. Preliminaries on Homotopy Theory


The General Theory of Fibre Bundles

2. Generalities on Bundles

3. Vector Bundles

4. General Fibre Bundles

5. Local Coordinate Description of Fibre Bundles

6. Change of Structure Group in Fibre Bundles

7. The Gauge Group of a Principal Bundle

8. Calculations Involving the Classical Groups


Elements of $K$-Theory

9. Stability Properties of Vector Bundles

10. Relative K-Theory

11. Bott Periodicity in the Complex Case

12. Clifford Algebras

13. The Adams Operations and Representations

14. Representation Rings of Classical Groups

15. The Hopf Invariant

16. Vector Fields on the Sphere


Characteristic Classes

17. Chern Classes and Stiefel-Whitney Classes

18. Differentiable Manifolds 

19. Characteristic Classes and Connections

20. General Theory of Characteristic Classes



Reference

Tu - Differential Geometry

Tu - An Introduction  to Manifolds

Lee - Introduction to Smooth Manifolds

Nakahara - Geometry, Topology and Physics

Husemöller - Fiber bundles