Open Course Space

Topics in Geometry: Dirac Geometry

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States18.969
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2009English
Go to course on MIT OpenCourseWare All 2 ways to take it

This is an introductory (i.e. first year graduate students are welcome and expected) course in generalized geometry, with a special emphasis on Dirac geometry, as developed by Courant, Weinstein, and Severa, as well as generalized complex geometry, as introduced by Hitchin. Dirac geometry is based on the idea of unifying the geometry of a Poisson structure with that of a closed 2-form, whereas generalized complex geometry unifies complex and symplectic geometry.

Description from MIT OpenCourseWare.

Ways to take this course