All numbered exercises are from Beginning Topology, by Sue Goodman.
Homework Assignments will now be announced in class.
Midterm 1: Wednesday, Oct 1
Fall Break: Friday, Oct 24.
Midterm 2: the week of Nov 3
Thanksgiving Break: Nov 27-28
Last Day of Classes: Dec 12
Final Exam: Thursday, Dec.18, 2008, from 2-5 pm
Here is a link to the errata for Sue Goodman's Beginning Topology.
Section 1.1 problems: 1.1.4, 1.1.9, 1.1.18, 1.1.28, Hausdorff problem, 3-point topologies
Section 1.2 problems 1.2.1, 1.2.3, 1.2.5, 1.2.21, 1.2.22
Section 1.3 problems 1.3.6, 1.3.10, 1.3.27, 1.3.28, 1.3.34 Projects: 1.3.36
Section 2.1 problems Project: 2.1.4
Section 2.2 problems 2.2.2, 2.2.6, 2.2.7
Section 2.3 problems 2.3.3, 2.3.9, 2.3.13, 2.3.14, 2.3.23 Projects: 2.3.4, 2.3.10, 2.3.18
Section 2.4 problems 2.4.3, Projects: 2.4.4
Section 2.5 problems 2.5.3, 2.5.4
Section 2.6 problems 2.6.4, 2.6.6
Section 2.7 problems 2.7.3, 2.7.4
Section 3.1 problems 3.1.6, 3.1.12, 3.1.16, 3.1.17
Section 3.2 problems 3.2.3, 3.2.4
Section 3.3 problems 3.3.2, 3.3.4, 3.3.8
Section 3.4 problems 3.4.4, 3.4.8, 3.4.9, 3.4.11
Section 3.5 problems 3.5.2, 3.5.5, 3.5.9, 3.5.10
Section 4.1 problems 4.1.9, 4.1.12
Section 4.2 problems 4.2.4
Section 4.3 problems 4.3.7, 4.3.9
Section 4.4 problems 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.12, 4.4.16
Section 4.5 problems 4.5.5, 4.5.6, 4.5.9
Section 6.1 problems 6.1.1, 6.1.3, 6.1.6, 6.1.10
Section 6.2 problems 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.8
Section 6.3 problems 6.3.2, 6.3.3, 6.3.5, 6.3.7, 6.3.8, 6.3.10
Section 6.4 problems 6.4.2, 6.4.3
Section 6.5 problems 6.5.1, 6.5.6, 6.6.6, 6.6.10
Reading Assignment: Friday, Sept 5 pages 1--5.
Reading Assignment: Monday, Sept 8 pages 9--11.
Assignment 1: Due Wed, Sept 10. Do Homework Problem 1.1.4.
Assignment 2: Due Wed, Sept 17. Do Homework Problems 1.1.9, 1.1.18, 1.1.28 (see errata), 3-point topologiesAssignment 3: Due Wed, Sept 24. Do Homework Problems Hausdorff problem, 3-point topologies problem, and problems from Section 1.2 (except 1.2.5) and 1.3.6, 1.3.10.
Reading Assignment: pages 20--26 & 28--31.
Reading Assignment: pages 36--54.
Assignment 4: Due Wed, Oct 1. Do Homework Problems 1.3.27, 1.3.28, 1.3.34(a and c only), 2.2.2, 2.2.6, 2.2.7, 2.3.3.
Assignment 5: Due Wed, Oct 1. Do Homework Problems 2.3.9, 2.3.10(write a one paragraph summary of your findings regarding strategy for playing tic-tac-toe on the torus) 2.3.13, 2.3.18(write a one paragraph summary of your findings regarding strategy for playing tic-tac-toe on the Klein bottle) 2.3.19, 2.3.23
See the page http://www.geometrygames.org/SoS/ to download the torus and Klein bottle tic-tac-toe games.
Klien bottles for sale.
Video of the Klein bottle.
Assignment 6: Due Wed, Oct 15. Do Homework Problems 2.4.3, 2.5.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.6, prove T connected sum P is homeomorphic to 3P, 2.7.4
Assignment 7: Due Wed, Oct 22. Do Homework Problems TBA