Tuesday/Thursday 8:30-9:50 am
Monday 9-10, Friday 12-1
Mock Qual #0
(2019 Qualifying Exam)
Today we got to know each other, talked about some expectations for the seminar, and then did a few problems from the part A section of the "Exercises to know" list
Discussed solutions to the above worksheet
Solution for Exercises to know B11
Spent some time talking about mock qual 0 and then discussed some part B questions from "Exercises to know"
Went over a few questions from this year's differential topology final exam.
Discussed problems to the above worksheet
We talked about some solutions to Mock Qual #1
No meeting today
Several people presented solutions and problems from Mock Qual 2 during the discussion today. I emailed a link to sign up for problems.
We spent today talking about Mock Qual 2, Question 5.
Several people presented solutions and problems from Mock Qual 3 during the discussion today. I emailed a link to sign up for problems.
Correction: At the end of the video I say every simply connected space is contractible. This is false! S² is a counterexample.
We covered some of the older problems from past mock quals and exercises to know.
Notes from the day (Errors in Solution to Q7)
We talked about some of the questions on Mock Qual 4.
Today we talked about a "grab bag" of problems, mostly things requested by attendees of the seminar.
This is the last official day of the seminar.
We turned this meeting into an office hour, so there's no recording. We discussed questions 8 through 11 in the above worksheet with applications of Homology and some Seifert–Van Kampen examples.
(This is a make up meeting, due to missing August 19th.)
Monday, Sep 13th 9:00
Thursday, Sep 16th 8:30
Maybe another hour, depending on demand.