M382E: Algebraic Topology

Announcements

The notes on cup products and intersection numbers are now posted.

Basic Information

Professor: Dan Freed, RLM 9.162

Class Meetings: TTh 11:00-12:30, RLM 9.166

Office Hours: Tuesday 9:30-11:00, RLM 9.162

For more details, see the First Day Handout.

Notes

Notes on Lecture #3 (bordism and Mayer-Vietoris)

Notes on Lecture #25: cup products and intersection numbers

Homework

Homework #1 due September 9

Homework #2 due September 16

Homework #3 due September 23

Homework #4 due October 1

Homework #5 due October 7

Homework #6 due October 14

Homework #7 due October 21

Homework #8 due October 28

Homework #9 due November 4

Homework #10 due November 11

Homework #11 due November 18

Homework #12 due November 25

Homework #13 due December 4

Readings

History of homology theory by Peter Hilton

Biographical memoir of Solomon Lefschetz by Philip Griffiths, Donald Spencer, and George Whitehead

Notes which include in section 2.3 a definition of Delta-sets

Biographical sketch of J. W. Alexander

Milnor's paper proving the 1-2-4-8 theorem