Fall 2014 Combinatorial Topology (MAS 430. 25.430)

Time: Monday, Wednesday 1:00-2:15

Lecture room: 3433

Instructor: Suhyoung Choi 4403(office) 
Office Hours:
schoi at math dot kaist dot ac dot kr Phone: 2732

Prerequiste: MAS 331 Topology

Course book:  Topology, J. Munkres (secondary: A basic course in Algebraic topology, W.S. Massey)

Topics: Fundamental groups, Surface theory, Covering space theory

          

Grading: Final (150pts)  Midterm (150pts) Homework (100pts) Attendance (50pts) Total 450pts

We will also post HW problems here. (HW. problems can be from Massey also.)

Course schedules:

Week

Date

 Lecture plan

 

 1

Sept. 1, 3

 Introduction, S. 51; S. 52

  section number of Munkres

 2

Sept. 8, 10 

No classes (National Holidays 7-10 Chuseok)

 

 3

Sept.15, 17

S. 53; S. 54

 

 4

Sept. 22, 24

S. 55; S. 56, S. 57

 

 5

Sept. 29, Oct. 1

S. 58; S. 59, S. 60

 

 6.

Oct. 6, 8

S. 61, S.62; S. 63

 

 7

Oct. 13, 15

S. 64, S. 65, S. 66


 8

Oct. 20, 22

 

  Midterm period, Oct 20-24

 9

Oct. 27, 29

S. 67, S. 68, S. 69

 

 10

Nov. 3, 5

S. 70, S. 71; S. 72, S.73

 

 11

Nov. 10, 12

S. 74, S. 75; S. 76

 

 12

Nov. 17, 19

S. 77, S. 78

 Nov. 18-19th (KAIST enterance exam day)

 13

Nov. 24, 26

S. 79, S. 80,

 

 14

 Dec 1, 3

 S. 81; S. 82,

 

 15

Dec 8, 10

 S. 83; S. 84, S. 85

 

  16

Dec. 15, 17

 

 Final exam period, Dec.15-19