401-3001-61L  Algebraic Topology I

SemesterHerbstsemester 2013
DozierendeP. Biran
Periodizitätjährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung
LehrspracheEnglisch


KurzbeschreibungThis is an introductory course in algebraic topology. The course will cover the following main topics: the fundamental group, introduction to homotopy theory, homology and cohomology of spaces.
Lernziel
Literatur1) A. Hatcher, "Algebraic topology",
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2002.

Book can be downloaded for free at:
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See also:
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2) G. Bredon, "Topology and geometry",
Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 139. Springer-Verlag, 1997.

3) E. Spanier, "Algebraic topology", Springer-Verlag
Voraussetzungen / BesonderesGeneral topology, linear algebra.

Some knowledge of differential geometry and differential topology is useful but not absolutely necessary.