Math 5863 Topology II Spring 2003
Important dates and facts
| Office Hours: Tue: 3:00-4:00, Wed: 10:30-11:30, Thu: 2:30-3:30 | |
| Midterm I: Thursday, Feb 27 | Midterm II: Thursday, Apr 10 |
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Final Examination: Friday May 9 from 8am until 10am in PHSC 120
Here it is in PDF format, and also in PS format. |
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Course Handouts and Links
- Announcement
- Allen Hatcher's page (contains "Algebraic Topology" text).
- John Stallings' page (contains good material on free groups, Grushko's theorem , and lots of other stuff).
- Here is the QUALIFYING EXAM (May 2003)
Messages, Assignments
Most recent is at the top!
There is a Midterm on Thursday 04/10/03 in class.
It'll be horrible.
[2]. Over break.
Look at Hatcher pages 53, 54, 55.
Questions: 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 22
[1]. Due by Thursday, Jan 30 Look at all the following, (and do any two to three)
- Hatcher: page 38-39 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
- Munkres: page 335 4, 5, 6
Your Presentations
| Date | Venue and Time | Speaker | Topic |
| Mon Jan 27 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Bradley Bos |
Teitze's characterization of normality |
| Mon Feb 3 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
TaraLee Mecham |
Embedding compact manifolds in R^n |
| Tu Feb 11 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Antara Mukherjee |
Topological proof of fundamental theorem of algebra |
| Tu Feb 18 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Abdelhamid Hamidi |
Jordan Separation Theorem |
| Mon Feb 24 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Willaim Herring |
Invariance of domain in the plane |
| Tue Mar 4 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Hyongkil Lee |
Invariance of domain in the plane |
| Mon April 7 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Bradley Bos |
Jordan Curve theorem |
| Tue April 8 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
TaraLee Mecham |
Jordan Curve theorem |
| Tue April 15 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Antara Mukherjee |
Embedding graphs in the plane |
| Mon April 21 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Abdelhamid Hamidi |
Winding number of a simple closed curve |
| Tue April 22 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
William Herring |
The Wirtinger Presentation of a link complement |
| Mon April 28 |
928 PHSC 4:00pm |
Hyongkil Lee |
The Hawaiian earring |