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An Introduction to Differential Topology, de Rham Theory and Morse Theory

An Introduction to Differential Topology, de Rham Theory and Morse Theory

An Introduction to Differential Topology, de Rham Theory and Morse Theory

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.

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