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Academic Year 2000/2001


Topology I
MATH 523 FA

General topology. Introduction to set theory and cardinal numbers. Topological spaces. Separation axioms, continuity, connectedness, compactness, product spaces, cardinal invariants. Major results, such as: Urysohn metrization theorem, Baire category theorem, Tychonoff product theorem, Stone-Cech compactification theorem. Further selected topics. Professorial whim and student interest may combine to effect the inclusion of other topics, elementary or advanced or both.

MAJOR READINGS

SET THEORY AND METRIC SPACES, by I. Kaplansky

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Homework assignments every week.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: GRAD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Coven,Ethan   
Times: ..T.T.. 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: SCIE618
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 15)
SR. major: 3   Jr. major: 2
SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO: X   FR: X

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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001


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