Lecturer
Dr. Zhixin Xie
Time and Place
Lecture: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 14:00-16:00, SR10, Geb. E 2.4.
Exercise session: Thursdays, 16:00-18:00, SR9, Geb. E 2.4.
Note: The course will be held in English.
Topics
The content includes:
Paths and homotopy
The fundamental group and the van Kampen Theorem
Covering spaces and lifting properties
Singular homology and cellular homology
Cohomology and Poincaré duality
Prerequisites: Linear Algebra I & II, Algebra, Analysis I & II.
Literature: Campus-Bibliothek für Informatik und Mathematik prepared the literature list for this course here.
To register for the course
Please send an email to xie [add @math.uni-sb.de]. This email should include also the following data: Name, Surname, Matrikelnummer and your Uni Saar email address.
Exercise Sheets
Exercise sheets will appear in our MS Teams - Algebraic Topology Team every week. They should be solved until the following week and the solutions shall be submitted via the MS Teams - Algebraic Topology Team. The solutions will be corrected and graded, and then they will be returned to you in the next exercise session.
Exams
Exam Criteria: In order to be permitted to take part in the exam at least 50% of the total points from the exercise sheets must be collected.