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Joachim Wehler
Department of Mathematics
LMU München
Winter Term 2019/20

Riemann Surfaces

Winter Term 2019/20 (Lecture 4+2)

Description

Intended audience and prerequisites

Performance record

References

Problem sessions

Examination

Lecture notes

1. Description

The lecture "Riemann surfaces" is a first graduate course in analysis. The lecture continues the undergraduate lecture on complex analysis of one variable.

A Riemann surface is a manifold with a complex structure. The manifold is locally biholomorphic to an open set in the complex plane C. Hence a Riemann surface has complex dimension = 1, i.e. real dimension = 2.

Each Riemann surface is either compact or a Stein manifold. Complex analysis on Stein manifolds generalizes complex analysis on domains in the plane. On Stein manifolds there exist many holomorphic functions. Differently, a compact Riemann surface has no holomorphic functions besides the constants. Hence one topic on compact Riemann surfaces are meromorphic functions. They can be considered holomorphic maps to the Riemann sphere. The Riemann sphere and the complex torus are the most simple compact Riemann surfaces.

The lecture introduces and investigates a series of new concepts and a whole new language. These are fundamental also in other domains of pure mathematics:

  • The concept of a manifold: A Hausdorff space locally homeomorphic to an affine space.

  • Charts and transition functions to introduce a complex structure on a manifold.

  • The language of sheaves: A tool for gluing local data to global objects.

  • Cohomology of sheaves: To compute possibly obstructions of the gluing process.

  • Line bundles, their sheaves of sections, and their cohomology groups.

The first sheaves under consideration are respectively the sheaves of continuous functions, of holomorphic functions and of meromorphic functions. Further important examples are the sheaves of differential forms and the sheaf of holomorphic vector fields.

All sections of a sheaf form a vector space. The main results on compact Riemann surfaces are the finiteness theorem for sections in holomorphic line bundles, the dimension formula (Theorem of Riemann-Roch) and the Serre duality theorem.

2. Intended audience and prerequisites

Graduate students of mathematics and theoretical physics (TMP), advanced bachelor students.

The lectures in class are planned: Monday and Wednesday, 10-12 o'clock a.m.

Prerequisites: Complex analysis of one variable, differential forms, covering spaces (algebraic topology).

3. Performance record

Master mathematics (WP 37, WP 36, WP 34), Master TMP.

4. References

  • Forster, Otto: Riemann Surfaces. Springer.
  • Gunning, Robert: Lectures on Riemann Surfaces.
  • Lamotke, Klaus: Riemannsche Flächen. Springer.
Further references during the lecture.

4. Problem sessions

In addition to the lecture in class, each week a problem session will be held. The basis is a series of problems for homework. The students are encouraged to present their solution in class.

Current problem sheet

5. Examination (Modulprüfung)

The examination will be held as oral examination. It takes between 30 and 60 minutes. No auxiliary means are admitted.

If you want to participate in the examination, please register by sending me an email until 10.1.2020 with the following data: Name, first name, student number, email address, course of studies, number of semester, module to credit. Note your registration is binding.

Update 25.6.2020: Die Nachprüfung findet am Freitag, 25.9.2020, als mündliche Einzel-Prüfung in der Zeit 9.00 - 11.00 Uhr statt.

Update 9.4.2020: Wegen des aktuellen Shutdown finden gegenwärtig keine Präsenztermine für Studierende des Mathematischen Instituts statt. Ausgefallene Klausuren werden erst am Ende des Sommersemesters 2020 nachgeholt. Für mündliche Online-Prüfungen gibt es bisher kein praktikables Verfahren.

Daher werde ich zur Zeit keine Nachprüfung „Riemannsche Flächen“ durchführen, sondern mich dem oben genannten Vorgehen bei ausgefallenen Klausuren anschliessen.

Ich gehe davon aus, daß Ihnen als Interessenten für eine Nachprüfung keine Nachteile wegen evtl. Terminüberschreitungen entstehen.

Update 18.1.2020: For the arrangement of the participants see Schedule.

Update 11.1.2020: The list for sign up is now closed.

6. Lecture notes

Script