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+ | Foundations of Topology 2. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === (Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours) === | ||
+ | (3:3:0) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Offered === | ||
+ | W | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Prerequisite === | ||
+ | [[Math 553]] or instructor's consent. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Description === | ||
+ | Fundamental group, retractions and fixed points, homotopy types, separation theorems, classification of surfaces, Seifert-van Kampen Theorem, | ||
+ | classification of covering spaces, and applications to group theory. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Desired Learning Outcomes == | ||
+ | Students should gain a familiarity with surfaces, fundamental group, and covering spaces. | ||
=== Minimal learning outcomes === | === Minimal learning outcomes === | ||
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+ | # The Fundamenatal Group | ||
+ | # The topology of the plane | ||
+ | #* Jordan Curve Theorem | ||
+ | # Seifert-van Kampen Theorem | ||
+ | # Classification of Surfaces | ||
+ | # Classification of Covering Spaces | ||
+ | # Group Theory | ||
+ | #* Free groups | ||
+ | #* Free abelian groups | ||
+ | #* Presentations of groups | ||
+ | #* Subgroups of free groups | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
+ | === Textbooks === | ||
+ | |||
+ | Possible textbooks for this course include (but are not limited to): | ||
+ | |||
+ | * | ||
=== Additional topics === | === Additional topics === |
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Catalog Information
Title
Foundations of Topology 2.
(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
(3:3:0)
Offered
W
Prerequisite
Math 553 or instructor's consent.
Description
Fundamental group, retractions and fixed points, homotopy types, separation theorems, classification of surfaces, Seifert-van Kampen Theorem, classification of covering spaces, and applications to group theory.
Desired Learning Outcomes
Students should gain a familiarity with surfaces, fundamental group, and covering spaces.
Minimal learning outcomes
- The Fundamenatal Group
- The topology of the plane
- Jordan Curve Theorem
- Seifert-van Kampen Theorem
- Classification of Surfaces
- Classification of Covering Spaces
- Group Theory
- Free groups
- Free abelian groups
- Presentations of groups
- Subgroups of free groups
Textbooks
Possible textbooks for this course include (but are not limited to):