Peter Simon Jossen: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2017

Award: The Golden Owl
Name Dr. Peter Simon Jossen
FieldMathematics
URLhttp://www.math.ethz.ch/~jossenpe
DepartmentMathematics
RelationshipAssistant Professor

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
401-3002-12LAlgebraic Topology II8 credits4GP. S. Jossen
AbstractThis is a continuation course to Algebraic Topology I. The course will cover more advanced topics in algebraic topology such as: products, duality, cohomology operations, characteristic classes, spectral sequences etc.
Objective
Literature1) A. Hatcher, "Algebraic topology",
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.

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

See also:
http://www.math.cornell.edu/~hatcher/#anchor1772800

2) E. Spanier, "Algebraic topology", Springer-Verlag

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

4) R. Bott & L. Tu, "Differential forms in algebraic topology",
Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 82. Springer-Verlag, 1982.

5) J. Milnor & J. Stasheff, "Characteristic classes",
Annals of Mathematics Studies, No. 76.
Princeton University Press, 1974.
Prerequisites / NoticeGeneral topology, linear algebra.
Basic knowledge of singular homolgoy and cohomology 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.
401-5110-00LNumber Theory Seminar Information 0 credits1KÖ. Imamoglu, P. S. Jossen, E. Kowalski, P. D. Nelson, R. Pink, G. Wüstholz
AbstractResearch colloquium
ObjectiveTalks on various topics of current research.
ContentResearch seminar in algebra, number theory and geometry. This seminar is aimed in particular to members of the research groups in these areas and their graduate students.