National Taiwan Normal University Course Outline
Fall , 2025

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I.Course information
Serial No. 2701 Course Level Undergraduate / Master
Course Code MAC9020 Chinese Course Name 計算共形幾何(一)
Course Name Computational Conformal Geometry (I)
Department Department of Mathematics
Two/one semester 1 Req. / Sel. Sel.
Credits 3.0 Lecturing hours Lecture hours: 3
Prerequisite Course
Comment
Course Description
Day & Class Period/Location Fri. 6-8 Gongguan M310
Curriculum Goals Corresponding to the Departmental Core Goal
1. Develop mathematical expertise College:
 1-1 Equipped with professional mathematics competences
 1-2 Being able to reason and induct with mathematical logic
Master:
 1-1 Equipped with professional mathematics competences
 1-2 Being able to reason and induct with mathematical logic
2. Develop the ability to solve problems with mathematics College:
 2-2 Possessing the competences of transferring and contextualizing theories in mathematics and mathematics education
 3-1 Being able to seek out answers with the attitudes of patience, diligence, concentration, and curiosity
Master:
 2-2 Possessing the competences of transferring and contextualizing theories in mathematics and mathematics education
 3-1 Being able to seek out answers with the attitudes of patience, diligence, concentration, and curiosity
3. Improve abstract thinking College:
 3-4 Having insights, intuitions, and senses of mathematics
Master:
 3-4 Having insights, intuitions, and senses of mathematics
4. Interpret the connections between mathematics and other disciplines from a higher perspective College:
 1-5 Being able to use mathematics as tools to learn other subjects
 1-6 Possessing the capacities to view elementary mathematics from an advanced viewpoint
 2-1 Being able to communicate and express mathematically
 4-3 Possessing a variety of beliefs regarding mathematics values and mathematics learning
Master:
 1-5 Being able to use mathematics as tools to learn other subjects
 1-6 Possessing the capacities to view elementary mathematics from an advanced viewpoint
 2-1 Being able to communicate and express mathematically
 4-3 Possessing a variety of beliefs regarding mathematics values and mathematics learning

II. General Syllabus
Instructor(s) YUEH, Mei-Heng/ 樂美亨
Schedule

1. Background and Recent Development of Computational Conformal Geometry (2 weeks)

2. Homotopy Groups (2 weeks)

3. Simplicial Homology and Cohomology (2 weeks)

4. Topological Algorithms (2 weeks)

5. Harmonic Mappings (2 weeks)

6. Students' Midterm Reports (1 week)

7. Conformal Mappings (2 weeks)

8. Surface Registration and Morphing (2 weeks)

9. Students' Final Reports (1 week)
 

Instructional Approach
Methods Notes
Formal lecture Deliver course.
Lab/Studio Deliver step-by-step programming and have students practice simultaneously.
Grading assessment
Methods Percentage Notes
Class discussion involvement 60 %  
Presentation 40 % Read related books and study related classical and recent papers.
Required and Recommended Texts/Readings with References

1.    Xianfeng David Gu, Shing-Tung Yau, Computational Conformal Geometry, Higher Education Press, 2008.
2.    Miao Jin, Xianfeng Gu, Ying He, Yalin Wang, Conformal Geometry - Computational Algorithms and Engineering Applications, Springer, 2018.
 

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