The web page of the course is http://www.math.tamu.edu/~nekrash/teaching/07A/MATH637.html.
It will contain lecture handouts and homework assignments.
Credit 3. This course is an
introduction to Topology and is a continuation of MATH636. We will
study Differential and Algebraic Topology. The topics include:
manifolds; vector fields and tangent bundles; Sard's theorem;
immersions and submersions; embedding theorems; the fundamental
group and classification of covering spaces; Seifert-Van Kampen
theorem; homology and cohomology theories and their axioms;
CW-complexes and cellular homology; applications.
Prerequisite: MATH637 or approval of instructor.
Topology and Geometry, by
Glen E. Bredon, Graduate Texts in Mathematics 139, Springer- Verlag.
Your grade will be determined by two exams, a cumulative
final exam, and homeworks. The weights of each of these are
as
follows.
| Exam I | Exam II | Final Exam | Homework |
Total |
| 250 pt |
250 pt |
300 pt |
200 pt |
1000 pt |
| Feb 22 |
Mar 29 |
May 8 |
weakly |
Make-up policy: Make
up exams will be offered only in case of serious and well documented
medical or family problems, religious holidays, or participation in
university authorized activities. Please refer to the
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states that if the student is seeking an excused absence, the student
must notify the instructor as soon as possible after the absence, but
no later than the end of the second working day after the last date of
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department by the end of the next working day after the absence in
order to ensure full rights. The student is responsible for providing
satisfactory evidence to the instructor within one week of his or her
absence return to substantiate the reason for absence.
Late Homeworks will not be
accepted.
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of scholastic dishonesty and will be prosecuted to the full extent
allowed by University policy. Collaboration on assignments, either
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