Postgraduate Course: MIGSAA Geometry and topology 1 (MATH11165)
Course Outline
| School | School of Mathematics |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 15 |
ECTS Credits | 7.5 |
| Summary | *Only students of the MIGSAA CDT may take this course*
This course covers several fundamental topics in Geometry & Topology, providing a solid and broad foundation to the subject and its interactions with algebra and analysis. The course discusses the fundamental group and covering spaces, homology and studies differentiable manifolds. |
| Course description |
As per SMSTC
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
150
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Lecture Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 3,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
127 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Coursework: 100% |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
| An introduction to the applications of algebra to topology via the fundamental group and covering spaces. Thorough understanding of the applications of topology to the local and global geometry of manifolds.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
*Only students of the MIGSAA CDT may take this course* |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof A Carbery
Tel: (0131 6)50 5993
Email: A.Carbery@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Isabelle Hanlon
Tel: (0131 6)50 5955
Email: i.hanlon@ed.ac.uk |
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