Homepage for MATH 731

Fall, 2019

Instructor:
                
Dr. Hans U. Boden                       
                 Office: HH 313, ext. 23428
                 Email: boden@mcmaster.ca

Lectures:
Mondays, Thursdays 2:00
--3:30 HH 312

Office Hours:
Tuesdays 9:30
--10:20; Wednesdays 10:30--11:30

Math731-Outline

Textbook:
Allen Hatcher,
Algebraic Topology, Cambridge University Press, 2001

Course Outline

Assessment:

A student's grade will be based on attendance, class participation, assignments, and the Final Exam according to the following percentages:

20% Attendance and class participation
40% Assignments

40%
Final Exam

Assignments: 

1. Assignment 1 due Monday, September 30
2. Assignment 2 due Thursday, November 14
3. Assignment 3 due Monday, December 16

Reading  Problems
Problems (to be handed in)


Chapter 0
Hatcher

p.18 # 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 18

p.18 # 3, 6, 10, 12, 16, 20, 23, 29



Chapter 1
Hatcher


1.1 p.38
# 1, 8, 10, 19
1.2 p.52 # 1, 5
1.3 p.79 # 1, 3, 7, 18


1.1 p.38 # 5, 9, 18
1.2 p.52 # 3, 7
1.3 p.79 # 2, 9, 12, 17

Chapter 2 Hatcher


2.1 p.131 # 3, 5, 8, 13, 20, 30, 31
2.2 p.155 # 2, 4, 10, 15


2.1 p.131 # 11, 17, 22
2.2 p.155 # 8, 12, 14, 21