Math
680 Introduction to Algebraic Topology.
Syllabus
In mathematics you don't
understand things. You just get used to them.
-- John von Neumann, Nobel Prize winner.
- Time and Place: MTWRF 3-4:45 at ??? Smith Hall.
- Instructor:
Peter Saveliev.
- Office: 756 Smith Hall.
- Office Hours: MTWRF 4-5, or by appointment.
- Office Phone: x4639.
- Home Phone: 697-7827 (9 a.m. - 8 p.m.).
- E-mail:
saveliev@marshall.edu.
- Class Web-Page:
http:\\saveliev.net, then go to Math 690.
- Prerequisites: MTH 300 and MTH 450.
- Texts:
Topology of Surfaces by Kinsey.
- Short Description: First course in topology.
Basics of point-set topology: topological spaces, continuity, connectedness,
compactness, products, quotients. Surfaces and simplicial complexes, Euler
characteristics. Introductory algebraic topology: simplicial homology, the
fundamental group. Knots, if time permits.
- Evaluation: 3 tests, final exam, quizzes, weekly
homework, presentations.