General information

This is the first half of a full-year course introducing both algebraic topology and manifold theory. The main topics include compact surfaces, the fundamental group, and basic homology and cohomology.

Course news

Nov 10, 2014 | Homework 10

Homework 10 is now available.

Nov 14, 2014 | Homework 9

Homework 9 is now available; it is due a week from next Monday.

Nov 10, 2014 | Homework 8

Homework 8 is now available.

October 26, 2014 | Homework 7

Homework 7 is now available.

October 15, 2014 | Office hours

Office hours from 10:10 to 11:00 this morning will need to be moved to Friday, October 17. Sorry for any inconvenience. Noon-hour office hours will remain the same.

October 10, 2014 | Homework 6

Homework 6 is now available.

October 3, 2014 | Homework 5

Homework 5 is now available.

September 26, 2014 | Homework 4

Homework 4 is now available on the homework page, and will hopefully have fewer typos.

September 22, 2014 | Homework 3 corrections

Several corrections to typos on Homework 3 have been posted.

September 19, 2014 | Homework 3

Homework 3 is now available on the homework page.

September 12, 2014 | Homework 2

Homework 2 is now available on the homework page, and due one week from today.

September 8, 2014 | Moodle site

There is now a Moodle site available for the course (also available from the links at right). Your course grades will be posted there once available, and there is also a discussion forum available for communicating with other course participants.

September 8, 2014 | Homework 1 update

An updated version of Homework 1 (which corrects the intervals to being between 0 and 2π) is now available.

September 5, 2014 | Homework 1

Homework 1 is now available on the homework page, and due one week from today.