Undergraduate Course: Topology (MATH10027)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 20 |
| Home subject area | Mathematics |
Other subject area | Specialist Mathematics & Statistics (Honours) |
| Course website |
https://info.maths.ed.ac.uk/teaching.html |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | Course for final year students in Honours programmes in Mathematics.
Metric spaces. Topological spaces. Compactness, connectedness, path-connectedness. Identification spaces. Compact surfaces. Homotopy. Fundamental groups and their calculation. Covering spaces. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
1. Familiarity with abstract arguments
2. Ability to argue in general and apply the ideas to specific examples
3. Knowledge about topology and its role in mathematics
4. Familiarity with results that need topological ideas in their proofs
5. The ability to calculate with generators and relations of groups
6. An ability to calculate some invariants of knots and link
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Assessment Information
| See 'Breakdown of Assessment Methods' and 'Additional Notes', above. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | Top |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Andrew Ranicki
Tel: (0131 6)50 5073
Email: A.Ranicki@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Alison Fairgrieve
Tel: (0131 6)50 5045
Email: Alison.Fairgrieve@ed.ac.uk |
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