Mathematics 329TP - Topology

Spring
2017
01
4.00
Jessica Sidman
MW 11:00AM-12:15PM;F 11:00AM-11:50AM
Mount Holyoke College
99344
Clapp Laboratory 420;Clapp Laboratory 420
jsidman@mtholyoke.edu
This course is an introduction to point-set topology, which is a fundamental language for much of modern mathematics. One of the goals of topology is to understand what it means for a function to be continuous, first in Euclidean space, and then to generalize the notion of continuity to other spaces. The core topics to be studied include: basic set theory, various interesting topologies, continuous functions, connectedness and compactness. Topics from algebraic topology will be covered if time permits.
Prereq: MATH-232 and any 300-level math class.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.