Math 730 -- Fundamental Concepts of Topology

Fall Semester, 2011
TuTh 2-3:15, Mathematics Building room 0302
Office hours: TuTh 9-10am, room 3109

This course is the first-year graduate topology course. Together with its sequel, Math 734, it forms the basis for the Graduate Qualifying Exam in Geometry/Topology. Click here for the Exam syllabus. Homework will be assigned, collected and graded. There is one midterm exam and one final exam.

The recommended texts are:

Topology and Geometry, Bredon.
Algebraic Topology, Hatcher.

Homework: (page #, problem #)

• Due Sep 8. Bredon: (3,1), (3,2), (7,2), (12,1), (12,5).

• Due Sep 27. Bredon: (22,3), (43,3); Hatcher: (18,1), (18,5), (19,16), (19,18).
• Due Oct 18. Hatcher: (38,5), (38,8), (39,10), (39,16), (39,18).
• Due Nov 15. Hatcher: (79,8), (79,9), (80,12), (80,15), (80,18).
• Due Dec 8. Bredon: (86,1), (80,3), (89,3).