MATH 341 - Geometric Topology

Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Fall 2012 and alternate years

Prerequisite: MATH 221. A study of the shape of space focusing on characteristics not detected by geometry alone. Topics are approached pragmatically and include point set topology of Euclidean space, map-coloring problems, knots, the shape of the universe, surfaces, graphs and trees, the fundamental group, the Jordan Curve Theorem, and homology.