18.901 INTRODUCTION TO TOPOLOGY

tue, thu 2:30-4

Text: James Munkres: Topology (Second Edition)

Lecturer: George Lusztig

Office hour: tuesdays 4-5; thursdays 4-4:30 (room 2-365).

Grader: .

There will be no final exam. There will be two quizzes.

50%/25%/25% of the final grade will come from the homework/quiz 1/quiz 2.

Sections to be covered:

1,2,3 (omit order relation),12,13 (omit 13.3 and page 82), 15,16 (omit 16.4), 17,18,19 (omit 19.1, box topology),20,21,23,24,25 (omit 25.3,25.4,25.5), 26, 27, 29. 31,32,33,34,35,43,44,45(omit 45.2-45.5), 48(omit 48.4), 51,52,53,54,56,59.

Homework 1 (due 2/11) p.14,15 #2,7,8; p.20 #2; p.100 #2,3; p.101 #11; p.112 #11,12.