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MA 352 Spring 2014
Calendar of Events
MWF 100-150
Introduction to Topology, Adams & Franzosa
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Lecture |
Class activity |
Reference |
HW |
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Wed, 15-Jan |
Review of connectedness, compactness |
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Fri, 17-Jan |
Iterating functions |
8.1 |
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Mon, 20-Jan |
Martin Luther King Day |
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Wed, 22-Jan |
Stability |
8.2 |
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Fri, 24-Jan |
Chaos |
8.3 |
HW 01 Due |
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Mon, 27-Jan |
Population model with chaos |
8.4 |
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Wed, 29-Jan |
Dependence on initial conditions |
8.5 |
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Fri, 31-Jan |
Chaos |
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HW 02 Due |
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Mon, 03-Feb |
Homotopy |
9.1 |
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Wed, 05-Feb |
Homotopy |
9.1 |
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Fri, 07-Feb |
Degree and retractions |
9.2 |
HW 03 Due |
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Mon, 10-Feb |
Fundamental Group |
9.2 |
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Wed, 12-Feb |
Retractions |
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Fri, 14-Feb |
Distinguishing topological spaces |
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Mon, 17-Feb |
Fundamental Theorem of Algebra |
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Wed, 19-Feb |
NO CLASS |
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Fri, 21-Feb |
NO CLASS |
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Mon, 24-Feb |
NO CLASS |
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Wed, 26-Feb |
Brouwer Fixed Point Theorem in Rn |
10.1 |
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Fri, 28-Feb |
Kakutani fixed point theorem |
10.3 |
HW 04 Due |
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Mon, 03-Mar |
Group actions |
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Wed, 05-Mar |
Topological groups |
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Fri, 07-Mar |
Fixed point theory |
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HW 05 Due::Test 01 Due |
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Mon, 10-Mar |
Quotient spaces |
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Wed, 12-Mar |
Embeddings |
11.1 |
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Fri, 14-Mar |
Embeddings |
11.1 |
HW 06 Due |
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Mon, 17-Mar |
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Wed, 19-Mar |
SPRING BREAK |
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Fri, 21-Mar |
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Mon, 24-Mar |
Jordan curve theorem |
11.2 |
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Wed, 26-Mar |
Digital topology |
11.3 |
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Fri, 28-Mar |
Digital topology |
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Mon, 31-Mar |
Knots |
11.3 |
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Wed, 02-Apr |
Reidemeister moves, linking number |
12.1 |
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Fri, 04-Apr |
Knot polynomials |
12.2 |
HW 07 Due |
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Mon, 07-Apr |
Biochemistry and chemistry |
12.3 |
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Wed, 09-Apr |
Manifolds |
12.4 |
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Fri, 11-Apr |
Classification of compact surfaces |
14.1 |
HW 08 Due::Test 02 Due |
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Mon, 14-Apr |
Classification of compact surfaces |
14.2 |
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Wed, 16-Apr |
Classification of compact surfaces |
14.2 |
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Fri, 18-Apr |
Classification of compact surfaces |
14.2 |
HW 09 Due |
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Mon,21-Apr |
Three manifolds |
14.3 |
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Wed, 23-Apr |
Three manifolds |
14.3 |
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Fri, 25-Apr |
History of Poincare conjecture |
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HW 10 Due |
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Mon, 28-Apr |
Geometry of our universe |
14.4 |
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Wed, 30-Apr |
Which manifold is our universe |
14.5 |
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Fri, 02-May |
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HW 11 Due |
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Wednesday, 7-May Final exam: 1:00PM – 3:00PM |
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