Math 432/532 - Class Outlines, Homework, and Handouts

You have a take-home final exam, due at noon on Wednesday March 16.

For further information on the class including Prof. Sinha's contact information, please read the syllabus.
In the second half of the class, all references to a text are implied to be to "Topology from the Differentiable Viewpoint" by Milnor.

Pay close attention to the class day-by-day descriptions over the next few weeks. On occasion, especially when there is technical material to cover, you will be asked to read ahead and then submit a response to the material - questions you have, your view of the overall structure of the argument, examples you thought about, comments on for example whether the argument was predictable or surprising. This response will be due either in my box across from the math office or to me personally at least ten minutes before class. It can be e-mailed to dps@noether. I will use these comments to lead more of a discussion of, rather than lecture about, the material.

Homework due on Friday, March 11. We will have a review session to discuss it after class on Wednesday March 9.

Week Ten, Mar 7-11





Week One, Jan 3-7:
We will begin to explore the notion of homotopy between maps and homotopy equivalence of spaces.

Week Two, Jan 10-14:

Week Three, Jan 17-21:
Homework, due Wednesday Jan 26 - Section 52, problems 3-7. A number of these could be difficult, so we will have a problem session on Monday at 3.

Week Four, Jan 24-28:
Week Five, Jan 31- Feb 4:


Instead of a mid-term, you will have team presentations and individual write-ups of additional topics.

Week Six, Feb 7 - 11:

Week Seven, Feb 14 - 18:
Week Eight, Feb 21 - 25:


Week Nine, Feb 28 - Mar 04