Math 32101: Elementary Topology
     Class Number: 22005

Meets:    MW 3:00 - 4:15 in LD 002
Final Exam:    Friday, May 8, 3:30p - 5:30p
Carl Cowen
    Office:  LD 224P
    E-mail:  ccowen "at" iupui "dot" edu
    Phone:   278-8846
    FAX:     274-3460

Office Hours:
    M 12:15-1:15, Tu 11:00-12:00, Th 11:40-1:00, or by appointment


  • Syllabus
  • Sample Reading Problem
  • Problems Not In Textbook

         Class Schedule
  • January 13   Read Syllabus
       No Class Wednesday, January 15 
       No Class Monday, January 20, Martin Luther King Day 
    January 22   For each network on pg 31 of Arnold,
                  find path traversing network or prove there is none
                 pg 36 Arnold: 1, 2, 3, 4ab, 5
    January 29   pg 37 Arnold: 6, 8
                 pg 42 Arnold: 1, 3, 4
                   Extra: How many arcs need to be removed from the Pentagon
                     network to make it planar?
    February 5   pg 47 Arnold: 3, 4, 6, 8  For the map you drew in 8, 
                                             color it with 4 (or fewer) colors.
                 pg 53 Arnold: 9  Imagining the 6 networks in Figure 3.11 form one,
                                     not connected, network in the plane, show
                                     how to color all these maps at once.
    
    February 3   Read sections 1 and 2 of Chapter 3 in Arnold
    February 12  pg 62 Kasriel: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    February 19  pg 65 Kasriel: 4
                 PNIT (see above) Problems 1, 2, 3
    February 26  pg 73 Kasriel: 5, 6    pg 77 Kasriel: 3, 5
                 PNIT (see above) Problem 4
                 Reading Problem 1
    March 4      For Discussion: pg 85 Kasriel: 4, 5, 6  pg 87 Kasriel: 1, 3
    March 9   Mid-Term Test
                Arnold's book sections 2.1, 2.2, parts of 2.3 not involving map coloring
                Kasriel Chap 2 + part of Chap 3: pages 58-90           
                  NO Notes, No Papers, No Books, No Calculators, No Hats, No Phones
    March 30     Slides from Class March 30
    April 1      Slides from Class April 1
    April 6      Slides from Class April 6
    April 8      Slides from Class April 8
    April 13     Slides from Class April 13
    April 15     Slides from Class April 15
    April 20     Slides from Class April 20
    April 22     Slides from Class April 22
    April 27     Slides from Class April 27
    April 29     Slides from Class April 29
    May 4        Slides from Class May 4
    April          assigned problems, page 2 of "Slides" from appropriate class 
    



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