A Modern Course on Curves and Surfaces, 2003, by Richard S Palais

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This is a introduction to differential geometry. Prerequisites are: multi-variable calculus, linear algebra, ordinary differential equations.

It is from professor Richard S Palais 〔http://vmm.math.uci.edu〕, Virtual Math Museum at http://virtualmathmuseum.org/Surface/gallery_o.html

Differential Geometry basics