Introduction to Topology


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Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Continuous Functions

Chapter 3. Topology

Chapter 4. Topological Properties

Chapter 5. Deconstructionist Topology


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Chapter 6 Homotopy
  1. The Lebesgue Number
  2. Homotopy
  3. Homotopy Equivalence
  4. The Winding Number
  5. Lifting Homotopies
  6. The Gluing Lemma

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The WhiteBoard

The course will be based on the Textbook, with some
elaborations and side excursions.

The Textbook for this course is:

Essential Topology
Martin D. Crossley
Springer Verlag
August 2005

* Professor Crossley has kindly given me permission
to make use of a set of notes that he developed,
covering some of the material in the first part of
the text. I intend to base many of my lectures
on this material.


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