Course Information

Course MTH U565 · Topology, Sec. 1, Seq. B, Key # 08238 Instructor Alex Suciu Course Web Site    www.math.neu.edu/~suciu/U565/utop.sp08.html Time and Place Mon, Wed 2:50-4:30pm, in 245 RY – Ryder Hall Office 441 LA – Lake Hall Phone (617) 373-4456 Email a.suciu@neu.edu Office Hours Mon–Wed 5:30-6:30pm, or by appointment Textbook Essential Topology, by Martin D. Crossley, Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series, 2005 Grade Based on problem sets (50%), midterm exam (20%), and final exam (30%). It is expected that you will work on the problem sets together; however, they must be written up separately.

Class Materials

Homework

• Homework 1:  Problems 2.1–2.4 on page 14.   Problems 3.1–3.4 on pages 33–34.

• Homework 2:  Problem 2.7 on page 14. Problems 3.6, 3.8, 3.9, 3.11 on page 34.

• Homework 3:  Problems 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, and 4.9 (part 1), on page 53.

• Homework 4:  Problems 4.8, 4.9 (parts 2,3), 4.10, on page 53.   Problems 5.1, 5.2, on page 87.

• Homework 5

• Homework 6

• Homework 7

• Homework 8:  Problems 7.1 (first question), 7.4, on pages 125-126.   Problems 9.1, 9.2, 9.3 (only mod 2 homology) on pages 165-166.

Handouts

• Handout 1: Inverse images and direct images

• Handout 2: Some solutions to Homework 2

• Handout 3: Sample Midterm Exam, with solutions

• Handout 4: Homotopy

Exams

• Midterm Exam (due March 10)

• Final Exam (due April 23)

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	Started:   December 18, 2007
	Last modified:   April 16, 2008
URL:  www.math.neu.edu/~suciu/U565/utop.sp08.html