Announcements:

• Here are some suggestions for other books to look at.
  • G. E. Bredon, Topology and Geometry. Nice book, has more on manifolds and less on homotopy theory, compared to Hatcher's book.
  • J. R. Munkres, Elements of Algebraic Topology. Covers homology and cohomology very thoroughly.
  • J. P. May, A Concise Course in Algebraic Topology. The topics and presentation are interesting, but at a fairly high level.
  • E. H. Spanier, Algebraic Topology. One of the standard references in the field, but many people find it hard to read.

Reading

• Section 2.1
• Section 2.2
• The rest of Chapter 2
• Section 3.1

Homework:

• Due Wednesday, October 22: page 131: 11, 20, and also do any one of: 16, 17, 18, or 19. You might look at 26, also.
• Due Wednesday, November 19: do any three problems from Section 2.2. (When I taught this course a number of years ago, I suggested problems 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 36, 40, 41, or 43.)