4500 and 5600, Spring 2016
Introduction to Topology
Conley
Syllabus


Instructor: Charles Conley, GAB 419, (940) 565-3326

Class: TR 11:00-12:20, Language 302

Exams, Homework, and Grading: There will be two 100 point midterms, a comprehensive 180 point final, and twelve weekly problem sets worth 10 points each.

Office Hours, text, and prerequisites: See syllabus

Students with disabilities should talk to me on the first day of class.



Review material: 2002 review sheets and exams

Problem Set 12, due Thursday, May 5: these are review problems. You may turn them in late if you wish, up until the final exam.

S1: 9; S2: 3bc, 4e; S3: 5, 6; S4: 2j; S5: 2a, 4e; S6: 6a; S7: 5bcd; S9: 2a; S10: 4a;
S13: 2, 5A; S16: 2, 5a; S17: 5; S18: 8b; S19: 4; S20: 3b; S21: 9;
S23: 6 or 12; S24: 1b or 6; S26: 1b or 4B; S28: 7b; S52: 5, 6

Final Exam: Tuesday, May 10, 10:30-12:30

Problem Set 11, due Thursday, April 28:

Section 24: 8-10
Section 52: 1-4

Problem Set 10, due Thursday, April 21:

Section 51: 1-3

Problem Set 9, due Thursday, April 14:

Section 26: 7, 9
Section 27: 5
Section 28: 2-6, 7a

Exam 2: Tuesday, April 5

Problem Set 8, due Thursday, March 31:

Section 26: 1a, 2, 3, 4 (the first sentence only), 5, 6 (for fun: 1b)
Section 27: 1, 2, 4, 6 (for fun: 5)

Problem Set 7, due Thursday, March 24:

Section 23: 1-5, 7, 9 (for fun: 6)
Section 24: 1ac, 2-5 (for fun: 11)

Problem Set 6, due Thursday, March 10:

Section 20: 1a, 2, 3a, 9
Section 21: 1, 3a, 4, 5+, 6, 8, 10A

Problem Set 5, due Thursday, March 3:

Section 18: 1, 2, 3a, 6, 7a, 8a, 10, 12, 13
Section 19: 1, 3, 7

Exam 1: Tuesday, February 23

Problem Set 4, due Thursday, February 18:

Section 17: 2-4, 6, 9-13, 16-18 (in Problem 16, skip the topology T_2)

Problem Set 3, due Thursday, February 11:

Section 13: 1, 3, 4ac, 7, 8 (in Problem 7, skip the topology T_2)
Section 16: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9

Problem Set 2, due Thursday, February 4:

Section 6: 1b, 2, 3, 7
Section 7: 1, 3, 5aefij
Section 9: 1, 2b, 3, 8
Section 10: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

Problem Set 1, due Thursday, January 28:

Section 3: 1, 2, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13
Section 4: 2k, 8b
Section 5: 1, 4ad, 5cd

Problem Set 0.5, due Thursday, January 21:

Section 1: 1, 2e, 3a, 4d, 7F, 8, 10c
Section 2: 1, 2, 4abcd, 5ab, 6