MAT 145 - Spring 2009 - Reading Assignments

[Cr]  Essential Topology, by Martin D. Crossley.
[Ha] Notes on Introductory Point-Set Topology, by Allen Hatcher.
[Wi] Review of Set Theory, by Michael Williams.

Indicated below are the sections covered in the corresponding textbooks or online notes. Note that the sections of [Cr] are numbered. This webpage will be updated frequently.

Monday
Wednesday
Friday
March 30

[Wi] Basic Set Theory
April 1

[Wi] Functions
April 3

[Cr] 2.2, 2.3
April 6

[Cr] 2.4
April 8

[Cr] 3.1, 3.2*
April 10

[Cr] 3.2*, 3.3*, 3.4
April 13

[Cr] 3.4
[Ha] Interior, Closure, and Boundary
April 15

[Ha] Basis for a Topology
[Ha] Terminology:Neighborhoods
April 17

[Ha] Metric Spaces
[Ha] Subspaces
April 20

[Ha] Metric Spaces
[Ha] Subspaces
April 22

[Ha] Metric Spaces
[Ha] Subspaces
April 24

[Cr] 4.3
April 27

[Cr] 4.1*
[Ha] Connectedness (only pages 18-20)
April 29

[Cr] 4.1*
[Ha] Connectedness (only pages 18-20)
May 1

[Cr] 4.1*
[Ha] Connectedness (only pages 18-20)
May 4

Review
May 6

Review
May 8

Review

May 11

[Cr] 4.2*
[Ha] Compactness (pages 30-32)
May 13

[Cr] 4.2*
[Ha] Compactness (pages 30-32)
[Ha] Compactness (Proposition on page 35)
May 15

Midterm Exam
May 18

[Cr] 5.1*
May 20

[Cr] 5.1*
May 22

[Cr] 5.3
May 25

Memorial Day (No Class)
May 27

[Ha] Products (pages 13-16)
[Ha] Theorems on pages 32-33
May 29

[Ha] Products (pages 13-16)
[Ha] Theorems on pages 32-33
May 31

[Ha] Infinite Products (pages 39-41)
June 3

[Cr] 5.4*
June 5

Review

*Remarks:
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