Math 145: Introduction to topology

S19, MWF 12:00 – 12:50, PHELP 2524

Instructor: Stephen Bigelow. My office is South Hall 6514, and my office hours are TBA. You can email me at <bigelow@math.ucsb.edu>.

TA: Carmen Galaz-Garcia. Her office is South Hall 6432K, and her office hour is TBA.

Text: Introduction to Toppology by Gamelin and Greene.

Topics: The goal is to cover most of the first three chapters of the textbook, including metric spaces, continuity, compactness, topological spaces, and fundamental groups. If we have time, we will also cover the classification of surfaces, and the Euler characteristic.

Grading: There will be exams and homework.

Add codes: I do not have any! Talk to the people at the math office on the sixth floor of South Hall about his and other enrollment issues.

Prof. Bigelow 2018-09-29