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Topology

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Lecturer Prof. Dr. Damien Calaque
Lectures
Mon 13 - 15, HG E5

Fri 10 - 11, HG G5

Coordinator Claudia Scheimbauer
Exercises
Thu 10-12 or

Thu 15-17 (for the students that have to follow MMP II)

Description

This course is an introduction to general topology (a-k-a point-set topology).
Main topics covered will be topological spaces, continuous maps, metric spaces, compactness, connectedness, completeness.
The end of the course will be devoted to an introduction to algebraic topology (mainly the study of the fundamental group).

Prerequisites

Basic courses in real analysis, linear algebra and algebra, naive set theory. All what we need is actually discussed in the first Chapter of Munkres' book.

Exercises

Students have to submit at least 4 exercise sheets. Exercise sheets / solutions are available here.

Examination

There will be a 20 minute oral exam.

Präsenz/Question Session

Mon, July 1, 12pm - 1pm G19.1
Wed, July 31, 1pm - 2pm G19.2

References

One of your colleagues kindly typed some lecture notes. There might be a few inaccuracies (that you should be able to detect by yourselves).

The main reference for this class is "Topology" by J.R.Munkres, and the relevant Parts in it are Chapters 2, 3, 7 and 9. More precisely

Lecture Sections
Monday 18 feb
Friday 22 feb
12-13
13-14
Monday 25 feb
Friday 1 mar
17-18
16
Monday 4 mar
Friday 8 mar
19-15
22
Monday 11 mar
Friday 15 mar
22-20
20 (erratum)
Monday 18 mar
Friday 22 mar
21-23
23-25
Monday 25 mar
23-24-25
Monday 8 apr
Friday 12 apr
26
27
Friday 19 apr
27
Monday 22 apr
Friday 26 apr
28-43
43
Monday 29 apr
Friday 3 may
44-45
45
Monday 6 may
Friday 10 may
51 (notes)
52 (notes)
Monday 13 may
Friday 17 may
53-54 (notes)
54-55-58
Monday 27 may
58-59-60
 

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