Math 6520 - Introduction to Algebraic Topology
Spring 2008

FINAL
You can either take the final on Wednesday from 10:30 - 12:00 in JWB 308 or take it on your own. If you take it on your own you should do it an hour and a half and the exam should be in my mailbox by 5PM on Sunday, May 4.

Instructor:
Ken Bromberg
Office: JWB 303
Phone: 581-7916
Email: bromberg@math.utah.edu
Office hours: M 3:00 - 4:30, T 1:00 - 2:00 or by appointment

Prerequisites: Math 6510 or consent of instructor.

Meeting place and time: MWF 10:45 - 11:35, JWB 333

Text: Algebraic Topology, by Hatcher

Course description:
This will be a standard graduate course in algebraic topology. I plan to cover the first three chapters of the books (omitting some topics). Hopefully there will be some time at the end to begin chapter 4.

Homework:
There will be regularly assigned homework some of which I will grade.

Homework 1
Chapter 0: 3, 4, 6, 9, 14, 23
Turn in 2 texed problems
Homework 2
Chapter 1.1: 5, 6, 9, 16
              1.2: 1, 3, 8, 11, 21
Turn in 3 texed problems at least one from each section.
Problems to look at
1.3: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 12
2.1: 1, 5, 11, 14, 16,30
2.2: 2, 4, 6, 9, 10, 37
2.B: 1
2.C: 4
Problems to do carefully
1.3: 9, 14, 20
2.1: 9, 20
2.2: 1, 13, 19, 32
2.C: 5
Cohomology problems
3.1: 2, 9
3.2: 1
3.3: 5, 7, 11

Final: The final will be a replica of the algebraic topology half of the prelim.