Math 544: Topology and Geometry of Manifolds
Autumn 2001
"The best thing for being sad," replied Merlyn,
beginning to puff and blow, "is to learn something. That's the only thing
that never fails. You may grow old and trembling in your anatomies,
you may lie awake at night listening to the disorder of your veins, you
may miss your only love, you may see the world about you devastated by
evil lunatics, or know your honour trampled in the sewers of baser minds.
There is only one thing for it then — to learn. Learn why the world wags
and what wags it. That is the only thing which the mind can never exhaust,
never alienate, never be tortured by, never fear or distrust, and never
dream of regretting. Learning is the only thing for you. Look what a lot
of things there are to learn." — T. H. White, The Once and
Future King
Lectures:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday, 1:30-2:20
Padelford C-36
Instructor:
John M. Lee
Padelford C-546
Phone: 543-1735
Email: lee@math.washington.edu
Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays 10:30-11:30 or by appointment.
TA:
Keir Lockridge
Padelford C-110
Email: lockridg@math.washington.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30, Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 or by
appointment
Course materials are posted here in Postscript and Adobe PDF format.
If you don't have a viewer for either one installed, it's easiest to download
Adobe Acrobat Reader.
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Syllabus (ps,
pdf)
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Homework
assignments
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Feedback questionnaire (CORRECTED) (ps,
pdf)
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Corrections to the textbook (ps,
pdf)
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Suggestions for further reading (ps,
pdf)
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Outside reading reports: due to me (by e-mail) no later than Wednesday,
Dec 12. If you plan to read a book not on the suggested reading list,
clear your choice with my by Wednesday, Nov 21.
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Final exam will be handed out Monday, Dec 10, and due Wednesday, Dec
19 at 5pm.
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Math
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