Welcome to the website of the Department
of Differential Geometry and Applications
Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Moscow State University
named after M.V. Lomonosov
There are various materials (including lecture notes and sample problems) that will help students prepare for examinations and tests in the courses taught at our Department. Information is also available about special courses
and special seminars.
On Friday, 11 September 2026, in room 14-02, from 18:30 to 20:00
ACADEMICIAN A.T. FOMENKO begins the annual
special course for students, starting from the first and second years:
ELEMENTS OF TOPOLOGY AND SYMPLECTIC GEOMETRY
# LOBACHEVSKY GEOMETRY.
# TWO- AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL TOPOLOGY. MANIFOLDS.
EMBEDDINGS AND IMMERSIONS. WHITNEY'S THEOREM.
# CELLULAR AND SIMPLICIAL SPACES. COVERINGS.
DEGREE OF A MAP. FUNDAMENTAL GROUP.
# HOMOLOGY AND METHODS OF COMPUTATION.
# MORSE THEORY, CRITICAL POINTS OF SMOOTH FUNCTIONS AND
TOPOLOGY OF MANIFOLDS. THE LYUSTERNIK-SHNIRELMAN CATEGORY.
# ELEMENTS OF LIE GROUP THEORY. APPLICATIONS TO PHYSICS.
# SYMPLECTIC GEOMETRY ON SURFACES.
# HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS.
# SYMPLECTIC TOPOLOGY AND INTEGRATION OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.
No special background is assumed. In addition, a proseminar for the first and second years is being opened (led by D.P. Ilyutko, PhD, A.Yu. Konyaev, Dr.Sci., V.A. Kibkalo, PhD, and G.V. Belozerov, PhD), where the topics of the special course will also be discussed. The time and room of the proseminar will be announced shortly. The course may be taken either as a full-year course or by semesters, as two half-year courses. Brief notes on some topics are available on the website of the Department of Differential Geometry and Applications dfgm.math.msu.su in the "Special courses" section.