Introduction to Topology     Math 429     Spring 2021

    Class meets:   Monday, Wednesday, Friday  10:10 - 11:00 a.m.  on Zoom through 2/12.
    Starting 2/15, the students may either attend lectures in 114 McAllister or participate by Zoom.

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Victoria Sadovskaya
sadovskaya@psu.edu            
426 McAllister
on Zoom  Monday 4:30-5:30 p.m., Wednesday 3-4 p.m., and by appointment

    Course description:  The goal of the course is to introduce students to the main concepts
    and tools of general topology. It covers metric spaces, topological spaces, separation axioms,
    product spaces, identification spaces, compactness, connectedness, and fundamental group.
    The course emphasizes development of mathematical theory with rigorous proofs.
    Prerequisite:  Math 311W.

    Text: Introduction to Metric and Topological Spaces  by Wilson A. Sutherland, 2nd edition.

    Syllabus    pdf

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