Math 5043 Spring 2015


Lectures: MWF 11am-12noon Room 207 Cupples I


Instructor: Songhao Li        Office: 207A Cupples I

Phone: (314)935-4208        email: sli@math.wustl.edu

Office Hour: MW 1pm-2pm or by appointment

Grader: Chris Cox


Course Webpage: http://www.math.wustl.edu/~sli/math5043_spring2015/course.html

Textbook: Algebraic Topology by Allen Hatcher


We will cover most, if not all, of the following topics:

-- Fundamental group;

-- Homology


If time permits, which is not likely the case, we will also cover selected topics in cohomology.

 

COURSE GRADE:

Homework            20%

Test 1 (Feb 16)        20%

Test 2 (Mar 23)     20%

Final (May 4)        40%


Note: For those of who will write the final exam as the department qualifying exam for geometry, the exam will be 3 hours, instead of 2 hours.

Morevoer, the qualifying exam will cover topics that is covered in Math 5041 in Fall 2014.

 

Homeworks:

There will be approximately 6 homework assignments.

Assignment 1   TeX

Assignment 2   TeX

Assignment 3   TeX

Assignment 4   TeX

Assignment 5   TeX

Assignment 6   TeX