There are two components, as follows: I. (about 8 weeks) A survey of the basic definitions and major fundamental results, including the theorems of Kakuta i-Kodaira, Pontrjagin, Haar, and Kuzminov-Ivanovskii; proofs will be included where time and professorial competence permit. II. (about 5 weeks) The current status of various unsolved problems in the topological theory of topological groups, including problems concerning Lindelof groups, pseudocompact groups, countable compact groups, extremally disconnected groups, and free groups.
COURSE FORMAT: Lecture
Level: GR Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites: MATH523 or MATH503
Last Updated on MAR-03-1998
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