Alessandro Sisto: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2020

Name Dr. Alessandro Sisto
URLhttp://www.math.ethz.ch/~alsisto
DepartmentMathematics
RelationshipAssistant Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
401-3002-12LAlgebraic Topology II Information 8 credits4GA. Sisto
AbstractThis is a continuation course to Algebraic Topology I. The course will cover more advanced topics in algebraic topology including:
cohomology of spaces, operations in homology and cohomology, duality.
Objective
Literature1) A. Hatcher, "Algebraic topology",
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.

The book can be downloaded for free at:
http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/AT/ATpage.html

2) G. Bredon, "Topology and geometry",
Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 139. Springer-Verlag, 1997.

3) E. Spanier, "Algebraic topology", Springer-Verlag
Prerequisites / NoticeGeneral topology, linear algebra, singular homology of topological spaces (e.g. as taught in "Algebraic topology I").

Some knowledge of differential geometry and differential topology
is useful but not absolutely necessary.
401-5530-00LGeometry Seminar Information 0 credits1KM. Burger, M. Einsiedler, P. Feller, A. Iozzi, U. Lang, A. Sisto, University lecturers
AbstractResearch colloquium
Objective