MA 654: Algebraic Topology I

Kate Ponto
Fall 2014

Syllabus

Announcements



The textbook for this course will be Algebraic Topology by Allen Hatcher. You can buy a paperback copy and it is also available at the author's website.

Homework



Due Reading
Written Assignment
December 10 Limits and Colimits!
December 3 240 - 250 3.3: 4, 5, 7, 16
November 19 220 - 221, 230 - 239 3.2: 2 (two element cover only), 3, 11
November 12 206 - 217 Notes: 6.8
3.2: 1
November 5 second half of the homological algebra notes Notes: 4.3, 4.6, 4.8, 6.6
October 29 185 - 189, 197 - 204 2.B: 10
2.C: 4
3.1: 5
October 22 160 - 162, 169 - 176, 177 - 182 2.2: 40, 41
October 15 137 - 146, 153 - 155 2.2: 7, 10, 12
October 8 149 - 153, 134 - 137 2.2: 28, 29
October 1 118 - 131 2.1: 20, 22, 27
September 24 105 - 115 2.1: 5, 8
September 17 97 - 104 Category theory problems
September 10 2.9, 2.11
September 3 Sections 1-3 of the Homological Algebra handout.