Mathematics 564 Mathematics 564
Algebraic Topology
Autumn 2000

LECTURE TIME AND PLACE: MWF 2:30, Padelford C-401
INSTRUCTOR: ¯ John Palmieri
 Padelford C-538, 543-1785
 E-mail: palmieri@math.washington.edu
OFFICE HOURS: ¯ Monday and Wednesday, 1:30-2:30
 (or just drop by-I'm around a lot)
WEB: http://www.math.washington.edu/~palmieri/Math564/

TEXT: Algebraic Topology by Allen Hatcher. The book hasn't been published yet, but it is freely available from the author's web page,

http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/#ATI

HOMEWORK: There will be occasional problem sets, one every two weeks or so. Feel free to work with other people on the homework. If you find a solution in a book, please provide a reference.

PLAN FOR THE COURSE: We are going to start with Chapters 0 and 2, but not necessarily in that order. Chapter 0 is background: homotopy equivalence, cell complexes, things like that. I'll cover it as needed. Chapter 2 discusses homology, which is the main topic this quarter.



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