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Fall 2022

Hongbin Sun

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Course Description:

This is a standard first course in algebraic topology. We will cover the fundamental group and covering spaces, singular, simplicial, and cellular homology and cohomology, and Poincare duality.

Textbook:

Algebraic Topology, by Allen Hatcher

Prerequisites:

Point set topology and abstract algebra (groups, rings, fields).