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===Topological spaces and continuous functions:===
 
===Topological spaces and continuous functions:===
 
Topology, open and closed sets, basis, subbasis; continuous function, homeomorphism; closure, limit points; subspace topology, product topology, and quotient/identification topology.
 
Topology, open and closed sets, basis, subbasis; continuous function, homeomorphism; closure, limit points; subspace topology, product topology, and quotient/identification topology.
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[[Quotients (Topology)]]
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===Homeomorphism invariants:===
 
===Homeomorphism invariants:===
 
Separation properties (T0, T1, Hausdorff, regular, normal),
 
Separation properties (T0, T1, Hausdorff, regular, normal),
 
countability properties; connectedness, path connectedness, components; compactness, metrizability. Applications.
 
countability properties; connectedness, path connectedness, components; compactness, metrizability. Applications.
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[[Path Connected]]
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[[ T2 (Hausdorff)]]
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[[Compact]]
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===Continuous deformations:===
 
===Continuous deformations:===
 
Retraction, deformation retraction, contractible, mapping cylinder, homotopic maps, homotopy type.
 
Retraction, deformation retraction, contractible, mapping cylinder, homotopic maps, homotopy type.
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==Algebraic topology:==
 
==Algebraic topology:==
 
===Fundamental groups:===
 
===Fundamental groups:===

Latest revision as of 22:02, 21 May 2023

Point-set Topology:

Topological spaces and continuous functions:

Topology, open and closed sets, basis, subbasis; continuous function, homeomorphism; closure, limit points; subspace topology, product topology, and quotient/identification topology.

Quotients (Topology)

Homeomorphism invariants:

Separation properties (T0, T1, Hausdorff, regular, normal), countability properties; connectedness, path connectedness, components; compactness, metrizability. Applications.

Path Connected T2 (Hausdorff) Compact

Continuous deformations:

Retraction, deformation retraction, contractible, mapping cylinder, homotopic maps, homotopy type.

Algebraic topology:

Fundamental groups:

Fundamental group, induced homomorphism; free group, group presentation, Tietze’s theorem, amalgamated product of groups, Seifert - van Kampen Theorem; cell complex, presentation complex, Classification of surfaces.

Covering spaces:

Covering map, Lifting theorems; covering space group action; universal covering, Cayley complex; Galois Correspondence Theorem, deck transformation, normal covering; applications to group theory.

Homology:

Simplicial homology, singular homology, induced homomorphism, homotopy invariance; exact sequence, long exact homology sequence, Mayer-Vietoris Theorem. Applications.