406-2554-AAL Topology
Semester | Spring Semester 2020 |
Lecturers | A. Carlotto |
Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
Language of instruction | English |
Comment | Enrolment ONLY for MSc students with a decree declaring this course unit as an additional admission requirement. Any other students (e.g. incoming exchange students, doctoral students) CANNOT enrol for this course unit. |
Abstract | Topics covered include: Topological and metric spaces, continuity, connectedness, compactness, product spaces, separation axioms, quotient spaces, homotopy, fundamental group, covering spaces. |
Objective | An introduction to topology i.e. the domain of mathematics that studies how to define the notion of continuity on a mathematical structure, and how to use it to study and classify these structures. |
Lecture notes | See lecture homepage: Link |
Literature | James Munkres: Topology |
Prerequisites / Notice | The precise content changes with the examiner. Candidates must therefore contact the examiner in person before studying the material. |