Math 5863     Topology II         Spring 2003

Important dates and facts

Office Hours: Tue: 3:00-4:00, Wed: 10:30-11:30, Thu: 2:30-3:30
Midterm I: Thursday, Feb 27 Midterm II: Thursday, Apr 10
Final Examination: Friday May 9 from 8am until 10am in PHSC 120
Here it is in PDF format, and also in PS format.


Course Handouts and Links


Messages, Assignments

Most recent is at the top!

There is a Midterm on Thursday 04/10/03 in class.
It'll be horrible.

[2]. Over break.
Look at Hatcher pages 53, 54, 55.
Questions: 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 16, 22

[1]. Due by Thursday, Jan 30 Look at all the following, (and do any two to three)

  • Hatcher: page 38-39 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16
  • Munkres: page 335 4, 5, 6


Your Presentations

Date Venue and Time Speaker Topic
Mon
Jan 27
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Bradley
Bos
Teitze's characterization of normality
Mon
Feb 3
928 PHSC
4:00pm
TaraLee
Mecham
Embedding compact manifolds in R^n
Tu
Feb 11
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Antara
Mukherjee
Topological proof of fundamental theorem of algebra
Tu
Feb 18
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Abdelhamid
Hamidi
Jordan Separation Theorem
Mon
Feb 24
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Willaim
Herring
Invariance of domain in the plane
Tue
Mar 4
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Hyongkil
Lee
Invariance of domain in the plane
Mon
April 7
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Bradley
Bos
Jordan Curve theorem
Tue
April 8
928 PHSC
4:00pm
TaraLee
Mecham
Jordan Curve theorem
Tue
April 15
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Antara
Mukherjee
Embedding graphs in the plane
Mon
April 21
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Abdelhamid
Hamidi
Winding number of a simple closed curve
Tue
April 22
928 PHSC
4:00pm
William
Herring
The Wirtinger Presentation of a link complement
Mon
April 28
928 PHSC
4:00pm
Hyongkil
Lee
The Hawaiian earring