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Lectures on Introduction to Algebraic Topology

A classical topology course connecting geometric constructions with algebraic invariants. Compare conventions with a contemporary homology course.

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Lectures on Introduction to Algebraic Topology

Georges de Rham · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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A classical topology course connecting geometric constructions with algebraic invariants. Compare conventions with a contemporary homology course.

Preparation: General topology; groups and linear algebra.

Version: TIFR Lectures on Mathematics 44; authorized retypeset historical edition — original date on title page · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Irregularities of Distribution

Studies discrepancy and distribution phenomena. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Irregularities of Distribution

Wolfgang M. Schmidt · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Studies discrepancy and distribution phenomena. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Real analysis; number theory.

Use: Connect Diophantine approximation and distribution.

Version: TIFR volume 56; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Levi Convexity of Complex Manifolds and Cohomology Vanishing Theorems

Relates complex geometry and analytic vanishing methods. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Levi Convexity of Complex Manifolds and Cohomology Vanishing Theorems

Edoardo Vesentini · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Relates complex geometry and analytic vanishing methods. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Several complex variables; sheaf cohomology.

Use: Study analytic tools in complex geometry.

Version: TIFR volume 39; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Lie Groups and Representations of Locally Compact Groups

Links Lie-group structure with representation theory on locally compact groups. Develop integration and topological-group foundations before the specialized arguments.

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Lectures on Lie Groups and Representations of Locally Compact Groups

François Bruhat · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Links Lie-group structure with representation theory on locally compact groups. Develop integration and topological-group foundations before the specialized arguments.

Preparation: Lie groups; measure theory; functional analysis.

Version: TIFR Lectures on Mathematics 14; authorized retypeset historical edition — original date on title page · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Mean Curvature Flow

Introduces hypersurface flow, noncollapsing estimates, weak solutions and surgery in the mean-convex setting.

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Lectures on Mean Curvature Flow

Robert Haslhofer · Lecture notes · Research · English

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Introduces hypersurface flow, noncollapsing estimates, weak solutions and surgery in the mean-convex setting.

Preparation: Differential geometry; parabolic PDE; geometric measure theory helpful.

Use: Read before specialist work on mean-convex singularities and surgery.

Version: June 30, 2014 · Checked 2026-10-13

Lectures on Mean Curvature Flow of Surfaces

Studies surface-flow singularities, weak continuation and uniqueness, with a section of open problems. Distinct from the earlier hypersurface/surgery course.

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Lectures on Mean Curvature Flow of Surfaces

Robert Haslhofer · Lecture notes · Research · English

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Studies surface-flow singularities, weak continuation and uniqueness, with a section of open problems. Distinct from the earlier hypersurface/surgery course.

Preparation: Mean curvature flow basics; parabolic PDE; weak geometric solutions.

Use: Advance from smooth evolution to current singularity questions.

Version: June 7, 2024 · Checked 2026-10-13

Lectures on Mean Periodic Functions

Studies translation and approximation structures in harmonic analysis. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Mean Periodic Functions

Jean-Pierre Kahane · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Studies translation and approximation structures in harmonic analysis. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Fourier analysis; complex analysis.

Use: Specialized harmonic analysis reading.

Version: TIFR volume 15; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Mean Values of the Riemann Zeta Function

A substantial specialist reference on zeta-function mean values. Read after Dirichlet series, analytic continuation and asymptotic methods.

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Lectures on Mean Values of the Riemann Zeta Function

Aleksandar Ivić · Long lecture notes · Research · English

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A substantial specialist reference on zeta-function mean values. Read after Dirichlet series, analytic continuation and asymptotic methods.

Preparation: Analytic number theory; complex analysis.

Version: TIFR Lectures on Mathematics 82; authorized retypeset historical edition — original date on title page · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Measure Theory and Probability

A classical development of measure-based probability. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Measure Theory and Probability

H. R. Pitt · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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A classical development of measure-based probability. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Real analysis; measure theory.

Use: Graduate probability bridge.

Version: TIFR volume 12; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Meromorphic Functions

Develops value-distribution techniques for meromorphic functions. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Meromorphic Functions

W. K. Hayman · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Develops value-distribution techniques for meromorphic functions. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Complex analysis; entire functions.

Use: Specialized complex-analysis reference.

Version: TIFR volume 17; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Minimal Models and Birational Transformations of Two-Dimensional Schemes

Develops classical birational geometry of surfaces. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Minimal Models and Birational Transformations of Two-Dimensional Schemes

I. R. Shafarevich · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Develops classical birational geometry of surfaces. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Schemes; divisors; intersection theory.

Use: Compare classical surfaces with modern birational methods.

Version: TIFR volume 37; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Minimal Surface Theory

A four-lecture course on variation, minimal surfaces in two dimensions, curvature estimates and least-area existence and regularity.

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Lectures on Minimal Surface Theory

Brian White · Lecture notes · Graduate · English

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A four-lecture course on variation, minimal surfaces in two dimensions, curvature estimates and least-area existence and regularity.

Preparation: Elementary differential geometry; complex analysis.

Use: Bridge surface geometry to variational and compactness methods.

Version: Revised January 16, 2016; arXiv v4 dated January 17, 2016 · Checked 2026-10-13

Lectures on Mixed Problems in Partial Differential Equations and Representations of Semi-Groups

Studies mixed PDE problems through operator methods. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Mixed Problems in Partial Differential Equations and Representations of Semi-Groups

Laurent Schwartz · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Studies mixed PDE problems through operator methods. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Distribution theory; functional analysis.

Use: Historical operator-theoretic PDE reading.

Version: TIFR volume 11; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Modular Correspondences

Studies correspondences in modular function theory. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Modular Correspondences

Martin Eichler · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Studies correspondences in modular function theory. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Complex analysis; modular forms.

Use: Specialized modular-curve reading.

Version: TIFR volume 9; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Modular Functions of One Complex Variable

Develops classical modular function theory. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Modular Functions of One Complex Variable

Hans Maass · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Develops classical modular function theory. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Complex analysis; group actions.

Use: Bridge into modular forms.

Version: TIFR volume 29; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Moduli of Curves

A course devoted to constructions in the moduli theory of curves. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Moduli of Curves

David Gieseker · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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A course devoted to constructions in the moduli theory of curves. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Algebraic curves; schemes; invariant theory.

Use: Classical moduli preparation.

Version: TIFR volume 69; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Nonlinear Waves and Shocks

Studies nonlinear wave phenomena and shock formation. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Nonlinear Waves and Shocks

Cathleen S. Morawetz · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Studies nonlinear wave phenomena and shock formation. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: PDE; fluid and wave equations.

Use: Advanced nonlinear PDE reading.

Version: TIFR volume 67; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Numerical Methods for Non-Linear Variational Problems

Develops variational formulations and computational methods for nonlinear problems. An applied specialization requiring analytic foundations.

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Lectures on Numerical Methods for Non-Linear Variational Problems

Roland Glowinski · Long lecture notes · Research · English

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Develops variational formulations and computational methods for nonlinear problems. An applied specialization requiring analytic foundations.

Preparation: Functional analysis; variational PDE; numerical analysis.

Version: TIFR Lectures on Mathematics 65; authorized retypeset historical edition — original date on title page · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Numerical Methods in Bifurcation Problems

An applied computational route to bifurcation, complementing analytic dynamics. Numerical results require attention to approximation and stability.

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Lectures on Numerical Methods in Bifurcation Problems

Herbert B. Keller · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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An applied computational route to bifurcation, complementing analytic dynamics. Numerical results require attention to approximation and stability.

Preparation: ODE; numerical analysis; nonlinear equations.

Version: TIFR Lectures on Mathematics 79; authorized retypeset historical edition — original date on title page · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Open Book Decompositions and Contact Structures

Explains Giroux’s correspondence between contact structures and open books and develops applications to fillings and low-dimensional topology.

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Lectures on Open Book Decompositions and Contact Structures

John B. Etnyre · Lecture notes · Research · English

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Explains Giroux’s correspondence between contact structures and open books and develops applications to fillings and low-dimensional topology.

Preparation: Contact geometry; Dehn surgery; mapping tori; algebraic topology.

Use: Read after introductory contact notes to connect contact structures with surface monodromy.

Version: 2004 Clay summer-school lectures; published 2006 · Checked 2026-10-13

Lectures on Optimisation: Theory and Algorithms

Connects variational analysis and optimization with algorithms. This is an applied branch of functional analysis, not a general Banach-space textbook.

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Lectures on Optimisation: Theory and Algorithms

Jean Céa · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Connects variational analysis and optimization with algorithms. This is an applied branch of functional analysis, not a general Banach-space textbook.

Preparation: Functional analysis; variational methods.

Version: TIFR Lectures on Mathematics 53; authorized retypeset historical edition — original date on title page · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Partial Differential Equations

Introduces Fourier-analytic techniques for PDE. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Partial Differential Equations

Gerald B. Folland · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Introduces Fourier-analytic techniques for PDE. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Fourier analysis; distributions.

Use: Focused graduate course in analytical methods.

Version: TIFR volume 70; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Polyhedral Topology

A bridge from general topology into polyhedra and geometric topology. Use after basic compactness and quotient-space constructions.

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Lectures on Polyhedral Topology

John R. Stallings · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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A bridge from general topology into polyhedra and geometric topology. Use after basic compactness and quotient-space constructions.

Preparation: General topology; simplicial ideas.

Version: TIFR Lectures on Mathematics 43; authorized retypeset historical edition — original date on title page · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Potential Theory

Treats classical harmonic and potential-theoretic constructions. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Potential Theory

Marcel Brelot · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Treats classical harmonic and potential-theoretic constructions. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Real analysis; harmonic functions.

Use: Prepare for potential-theoretic approaches to PDE.

Version: TIFR volume 19; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11

Lectures on Quadratic Forms

Develops lattices and quadratic-form arithmetic. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

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Lectures on Quadratic Forms

Carl Ludwig Siegel · Long lecture notes · Graduate · English

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Develops lattices and quadratic-form arithmetic. Historical notation may differ from current treatments. Individual-use access only; do not redistribute.

Preparation: Linear algebra; number theory.

Use: Classical arithmetic of quadratic forms.

Version: TIFR volume 7; retypeset digital edition (see PDF imprint for publication year) · Checked 2026-10-11