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Instructor

John Palmieri, Padelford C-442, 543-1785, jpalmier@uw.edu

Class time and place

MWF 1:30-2:20, Padelford C-038

Web page

http://sites.math.washington.edu/~palmieri/Courses/2024/Math544/

Text book

Introduction to Topological Manifolds by John M. Lee. This book is available for free download for members of the UW community.

Prerequisites and course plan

We will focus on Chapters 5-13 of the book. This requires some familiarity with point-set topology: continuity, cartesian products, subspaces, compactness, connectedness, and path-connectedness. Those topics are covered in Chapters 1-4 of the book, in case you need to review.

You also need to know some modern algebra, and in particular group theory. I think that Chapter 2 of Michael Artin's book Algebra should be sufficient.

Class structure

To be determined.

Homework

I will assign homework regularly; see the course web page for the assignments.

Homework policies

You may work with other people on your homework, but you must write your solutions yourself. If you find a solution in a book or some other source, please provide a reference.

Grading

To be determined.