MAT 530, Fall 2020
Instructor: Andrew Hanlon
Office Hours: Tuesdays 5 - 6 pm and Wednesdays 11:30 am -12:30 pm online via Zoom and accessed by clicking Zoom personal meeting here.
Math Learning Center Hours: Thursdays 5-6 pm via Zoom and accessed from the MLC website.
Lectures: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:45-11:05 am in Javits 101 (Note the change!) and available to stream by Zoom here or on Blackboard.
Syllabus: The course syllabus is available here and on Blackboard.
Textbook: J. Munkres, Topology, Second addition
Additional Resources:
A. Hatcher, Point-set topology notes
O. Ya. Viro, O. A. Ivanov, N Yu. Netsvetaev, V. M. Kharlamov, Elementary Topology: Problem Textbook
S. A. Morris, Topology without Tears
A. Hatcher, Algebraic Topology
MAT 530 course notes by Christian Schnell
Piazza: We have a Piazza discussion board for this class. Here is the signup link. Please use this to ask questions and discuss the class . You can also use it to plan Zoom meetings to talk with each other. If you have a question, don't be shy - you are likely not the only one! I hope this will help to make up for the loss of some of the communal aspect of the course due to the pandemic.
MAT 540: This semester, students with background in point-set topology can move to MAT 540, which will go straight into homotopy theory. In order to do so, one must pass a placement exam. You should receive an email from the MAT 540 instructor, Professor Oleg Viro, with more information.
Grader: Frederik Benirschke
Office Hours: Mondays 12 - 1 pm accessed by click Zoom personal meeting here.
Math Learning Center Hours: Tuesdays 11 am - 12 pm and Thursdays 10 - 11 am via Zoom and accessed from the MLC website.
Mid-Semester HW Statistics
The following statistics were computed from the first 7 assignments by dropping the lowest score so that the total possible points is 150.
Mean: 133 Maximum: 148 Quartile 1: 123 Median: 136 Quartile 3: 143
Homework
Homework is due in Blackboard on the day indicated below before 11:59 pm New York time. Please submit each homework as a single pdf file. See syllabus above for grading information and other homework policies.
Schedule
The specific topics covered in each class are tentative and will be updated as the semester progesses.
Additional Resources
Math Learning Center - through Zoom.
It is highly recommended to solve as many exercises from the textbook or other resources as you have time for. This will be more useful than rereading your class notes or textbook as it will often force you to go back to look at definitions and theorems anyway. The only way to truly learn mathematics is through practice. Feel free to ask about your solutions (use Piazza!).
Previous MAT 530 webpages are available on the math department webpage. These may be another good source of exercises and practice exams.